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Left Coast Architectural History works with property owners, design professionals, and local government agencies to provide the following analysis and consultation commonly required when managing historic resources.

  • Historic Resource Evaluations (HRE)
    Property research and documentation, and formal evaluation of historic status according to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) criteria and local-level criteria (where applicable). HREs are undertaken for the purpose of determining the historic status of a property and the potential need for further environmental review in relation to a proposed project.


    • Historic Resource Review Applications (HRR - Specific to the San Francisco Planning Department) - Due diligence property research and documentation ranging from basic data to inform Planning Department decision making to full Historic Resource Evaluations, as described above.

  • Project Impacts Analysis & Secretary of the Interior's Standards Analysis
    Review of a proposed project, according to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and/or prescribed local guidelines, to determine the appropriateness of alteration or demolition effects on a historic property.


  • Historic Designation Nomination Applications
    Applications for designating a property as a city or local landmark, or listing it in the California Register of Historical Resources or National Register of Historic Places.


  • Tax Credit Applications
    Applications for Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives and California's Mills Act Property Tax Abatement program.


  • Historic American Building Survey (HABS) Documentation
    Documentation of historic properties according to the National Park Service's HABS guidelines, typically required as a mitigation measure when proposed alteration or demolition effects a historic property. (Typically undertaken in partnership with a team of professionals versed in visual and technical aspects of HABS documentation.)

  • Architectural Descriptions & Building Histories
    Detailed physical descriptions of historic buildings and narrative building histories based on archival research for real estate marketing and other uses.
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