Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1)
Responsibility for
Preservation and Protection. Pursuant to Code of Ala.
1975, §
41-9-233,
the governmental entity responsible for an architecturally significant
building, memorial building, memorial school, memorial street, or monument may
take proper and appropriate measures and exercise proper and appropriate means
for the protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration of those
monuments, streets, or buildings.
(2)
Permissible Modifications,
Architecturally Significant Buildings. Permissible modifications,
which include actions to the extent necessary for protection, preservation,
care, repair, or restoration, include the following:
(a) Routine preventive maintenance of the
structure, building systems, roof, or other building components that are
necessary to maintain the building's integrity, appearance, or function and
extend the life of the building without affecting its listing in or eligibility
for the National Register of Historic Places. This work typically includes
routine cleaning, replacement of filters, sealing, painting, or other periodic
and repetitive work required to maintain the building. All work should follow
the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
(b) Repair work is work that is required to
repair broken or worn out components that are necessary to maintain the
building's integrity, appearance, or function and extend the life of the
building without affecting its listing in or eligibility for the National
Register of Historic Places. This work typically includes the removal of
broken, missing, or worn-out building components and repairing them or
replacing them in kind. Examples include the repair of rotten wood, replacement
of a worn-out compressor, or the repair of a broken fixture. All work should
follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
(c) Replacement of systems beyond their
useful life, but which are required to maintain the use of the building. This
work typically includes the replacement or upgrade of a building system, such
as an electrical system; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
system; roofing system; or other major building components that are required to
extend the useful life of the historic building. All replacement work must not
affect a building's listing in or eligibility for the National Register of
Historic Places. All work should follow the Secretary of the Interior's
Standards for Rehabilitation.
(d)
Additions to architecturally significant buildings are permitted when the
additions do not affect the building' s listing in or eligibility for the
National Register of Historic Places. All work should follow the Secretary of
the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Proposed additions to
architecturally significant buildings shall be reviewed in accordance with the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
(3)
Permissible Modifications,
Memorial Buildings. Permissible modifications, which include
actions necessary for protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration,
include the following:
(a) Routine preventive
maintenance, repair work, replacement of systems, changes or upgrades to the
building to mitigate further physical damage, replacement of outdated building
systems, and other minor changes that are compatible with the architecture and
style of the building at the time of its dedication or commemoration.
(b) Renovations and additions that allow for
the continued use of the building or increase its functionality without
detracting from the original memorial building.
(4)
Permissible Modifications,
Names of Architecturally Significant Buildings, Memorial Buildings, and
Memorial Schools.
(a) The name of
an architecturally significant building, memorial building, or memorial school
may be transferred from one facility to another comparable facility with a
similar function if the originally dedicated facility is closed or ceases to
function. If the function of the facility ceases, the name is not transferred
to a different facility, and the first facility is repurposed for another
public use, the memorial name shall be retained and modified to reflect the new
use of the facility if the new use of the facility is comparable to its prior
use as a public facility (e.g. Jane Smith Middle School to Jane Smith Community
Center).
(b) Name changes that only
affect the portions of the name that relate to the purpose, function, or use
and that do not include changes to the name of the event, person, group,
movement, or military service for which originally dedicated are permissible as
long as the change in purpose, function, or use remains consistent with the
purpose for which originally dedicated (e.g. John Doe Elementary School to John
Doe Middle School).
(5)
Permissible Modifications, Memorial Streets.
(a) Any work that is intended to be for the
protection, preservation, care, repair, or restoration of the memorial street,
including expansions.
(b) Name
changes that only affect the portions of the name that relate to the purpose,
function, or use and that do not include changes to the name of the event,
person, group, movement, or military service for which originally dedicated are
permissible as long as the change in purpose, function, or use remains
consistent with the purpose for which originally dedicated (e.g. Jane Smith
Avenue to Jane Smith Boulevard).
(6)
Permissible Modifications,
Monuments.
(a) Any work that is
intended to be for the protection, preservation, care, repair or restoration of
the monument including cleaning, restoration, and repairs, and which does not
substantively affect the content or existing appearance of the
monument.
(b) Portraits and other
interior monuments may be placed in a new location as long as the new location
is in the same building, is equally visible, and of equal prominence as the
original location at the time of the portrait's or monument's original
dedication or commemoration.
Author: Alyce M. Spruell, Chair
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §
41-9-237.