Historic District Design Guidelines: Restoring, Maintaining, and Preserving the Easton Local Historic District
2018. Historic District Design Guidelines: Restoring, Maintaining, and Preserving the Easton Local Historic District. Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, Historical and Museum Commission; City of Easton, Pennsylvania; Artefact, Inc.
"The architectural heritage of Easton is among its most valued and important educational, cultural, and economic assets. It is the intent of the Easton Historic District Commission, or HDC, to protect historically and architecturally significant buildings and structures designated as contributors to the Easton Local Historic District, which was adopted by the Easton City Council in 2005. Currently, the Historic District in downtown Easton remains the only designated and protected Historic District in the city. Easton's unique architectural heritage was recognized by the National Register of Historic Places and listed in 1983. It was not until 2005 that a comprehensive survey of existing buildings and structures in Easton was undertaken and a Local Historic District Ordinance adopted by the City Council in order to protect the historic and architectural character of significant buildings' exterior facades. The ordinance does not require the restoration of buildings to their original appearance, although many owners have chosen to do so. The intent of these Design Guidelines is to provide instruction and guidance to Easton's Historic Preservation Code, Historic District Commission, and to help property owners understand their responsibilities as owners of historically significant resources. This document aims to inform design decisions, specifically related to publicly visible, exterior alterations and additions to Historic District properties, by providing design parameters which will allow changes to be made that retain the existing architectural and historical character of the building and district." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, Historical and Museum Commission, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00110).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Date of Issue
- 2018
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office, Historical and Museum Commission; City of Easton, Pennsylvania; Artefact, Inc.
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Certified Local Governments, Design Guidelines