Historic American Buildings Survey

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architectural survey federal program heritage documentation program

The Historic American Buildings Survey is a long-running federal program that documents the United States’ historic architecture through measured drawings, photographs, and written histories for preservation and research.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
HABS 1
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Architectural and Engineering Documentation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural survey ⓘ
federal program ⓘ
heritage documentation program ⓘ
administeredBy Heritage Documentation Programs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ
surface form: HABS
archiveLocation Library of Congress ⓘ
collectionAvailableAs public domain ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataAccessibleVia Library of Congress Online Catalog ⓘ
surface form: Library of Congress online catalog

National Park Service ⓘ
surface form: National Park Service website
documentationIncludes large-format photographs ⓘ
measured drawings ⓘ
written historical reports ⓘ
focusesOn architectural significance ⓘ
engineering significance ⓘ
historical significance ⓘ
foundedBy American Institute of Architects ⓘ
Library of Congress ⓘ
National Park Service ⓘ
geographicCoverage U.S. territories ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasAuthorityControl Library of Congress authority record ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
isSourceFor architectural research ⓘ
heritage education ⓘ
preservation planning ⓘ
maintainedBy Heritage Documentation Programs ⓘ
surface form: National Park Service Heritage Documentation Programs
method archival research ⓘ
field survey ⓘ
operatedBy National Park Service ⓘ
outputFormat measured drawing ⓘ
photograph ⓘ
written data ⓘ
partOf United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior
purpose document historic architecture in the United States ⓘ
provide resources for research ⓘ
support historic preservation ⓘ
relatedTo Historic American Engineering Record ⓘ
Historic American Landscapes Survey ⓘ
scope historic buildings ⓘ
historic sites ⓘ
historic structures ⓘ
sponsor United States government ⓘ
surface form: U.S. federal government
subjectArea architectural history ⓘ
cultural heritage documentation ⓘ
historic preservation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic American Buildings Survey → alsoKnownAs → Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: HABS
Historic American Landscapes Survey → coordinatedWith → Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ
Historic American Landscapes Survey → documentationStandard → Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Architectural and Engineering Documentation
Heritage Documentation Programs → hasPart → Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ
National Park Service → hasProgram → Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ
Historic American Engineering Record → relatedTo → Historic American Buildings Survey ⓘ