HP612 - DOCUMENTATION METHODS

College of Design

Credits: 3

This course introduces students to the role of historic property documentation in preservation practice, and to methods of gathering information about historic buildings and sites useful in both preservation decision-making and research into the built environment. Through class presentations and discussions, as well as through field research and hands-on exercises, students learn how to conduct chain of title and other archival research, gather and interpret physical evidence, conduct oral histories, and document a building with photographs, inventory forms, and measured drawings.