Professional Services
Architectural & Cultural Resource Survey
Clerestory Preservation conducts surveys of geographic areas and historic themes in order to identify architectural and cultural resources that have historic significance. Services related to survey include:
Survey Plans
Reconnaissance-level Surveys
Intensive-level Surveys
Survey Reports
Historic Contexts
Preliminary evaluation for determination of eligibility to local, State, and National registers
Historic Designation
Historic designation tells the story of a place and what makes it historically important; it’s also a crucial step towards preservation and provides access to incentives for future preservation phases. Preparing designation documents requires extensive historic research and presenting a compelling and coherent argument for historic significance, along with supporting fieldwork, photography, and mapping. Clerestory can prepare designation documents for all levels of designation:
Local preservation programs
State Register programs
National Register of Historic Places
Multiple Property Documentation Forms for the National Register
National Historic Landmarks
With experience in shepherding over 90 nominations to the National and Colorado State Register through the listing process, Clerestory also has the ability to prepare nominations on most historic property types, including:
buildings
districts
cultural landscapes
rural properties
cemeteries
rolling stock
Historic Tax Credit Consulting
Clerestory Preservation assists with preparing documentation for Historic Rehabilitation Income Tax Credits, including Parts I, II, and III for the Federal Income Tax Credit. Clerestory can also provide advice on the appropriate treatment for historic buildings per the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
Grant Writing
Clerestory Preservation principal and owner Erika Warzel has successfully written numerous grant applications to the Colorado State Historical Fund as well as the National Park Service and can provide assistance with crafting your preservation project for grant funding.
Historic Research
Clerestory also provides general historic research on historic properties and related contexts for other purposes, including interpretation of historic sites.