| Historic American Buildings Survey |
| THE Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) is a long-range program to assemble a national archives of American architecture. Begun in 1933 by the National Park Service, in collaboration with the Library of Congress and the American Institute of Architects, the Survey represented one of the Federal government's first major steps toward the identification and preservation of historic structures. Since that time, thousands of records, consisting of architectural measured drawings, photographs, and written data, have been collected and deposited in the Survey's permanent archives in the Library of Congress. The structures selected for recording represent the full range of the American building art from the crude log cabin to the modern skyscraper and span the period between the first colonial settlements and the early twentieth century. Architectural interest and merit, as well as historical associations, are the basic criteria for the selection of buildings for the Survey. |
| The Survey is now a part of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation where it operates in cooperation with the other historic preservation programs of the National Park Service. John Poppeliers, Chief of the Historic American Buildings Survey, directs the recording program. |
| The Historic American Buildings Survey is one of the largest national collections of its kind in the world. It includes over 30,000 measured drawings, 45,000 photographs, and 22,000 pages of written historical and architectural data for over 16,000 buildings in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These records may be consulted in the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Reading Room. Copies of any material in the archives may be purchased at stated prices by writing to the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. The most recent records are being temporarily held in the HABS office for editorial review; they are noted in this catalog by a dagger. Inquiries about obtaining copies of these records should be directed to the Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. When ordering reproductions, buildings should be identified by the complete historic name (e.g., U.S. Courthouse and Post Office) and the assigned HABS number (e.g., IA-36). |
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