Metals in America's Historic Buildings: Uses and Preservation Treatment
Gayle M, Look DW, Waite JG. 1980. Metals in America's Historic Buildings: Uses and Preservation Treatment. Historic Structure Guidance Documents. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services Division. Washington, DC
This report was developed for use by owners, architects, and building managers who are responsible for the preservation and maintenance of America's architectural heritage. Taken together, the two parts of the document argue for a heightened awareness of the metals in our buildings and call for more investigation of proper installation, maintenance, and conservation practices. Part 1 of this report is by Margot Gayle, President of the Friends of Cast-Iron Architecture, New York City, and by David W. Look, AlA, TPS staff historical architect. It presents short, illustrated surveys of the architectural metals most often used in American buildings and other architectural features such as sculpture, fountains, and "street furniture." The photographs document common uses of metals such as copper roofing, zinc statuary, cast-iron storefronts, and so forth. Part II is by John G. Waite, partner, Mendel-Mesick-Cohen-Waite, Architects, Albany, New York. It examines the questions of how architectural metals deteriorate and concentrates on the techniques available to architects and conservators in preserving and maintaining the metal components. The various metallic elements and their alloys illustrated in Part I are treated individually in Part II according to their deterioration patterns and appropriate preservation treatments.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gayle, Margot; Look, David; Waite, John
- Date of Issue
- 1980
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Technical Preservation Services Division
- Units
- CRPS
- Keywords
- metal deterioration, metal preservation, metal repair, metal survey