Historic Preservation

Historic preservation is the practice of identifying and conserving, often through legal ordinances, historic properties, buildings, homes, public spaces, and other historically meaningful sites. Planners and policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels are often tasked with balancing the preservation of historic resources with the housing and infrastructure needs of growing cities.

Historic Preservation Courses

interpretive sign in the foreground with nature and hills in the background

Interpreting Places and Spaces

Adam Fine

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

Findlay market on a colorful street in Ohio.

Landscape Design for Social Sustainability, Part 1

Kristin Faurest

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

Roadways for People, Part 1

Lynn Peterson, Elizabeth Doerr

79 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

historic buildings in Charleston South Carolina

Introduction to Historic Preservation

Meredith Johnson

38 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

historical buildings with pedestrians on a walkway

The Government’s Role in Historic Preservation

Meredith Johnson

61 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

modern house called Falling Water by architect Frank Lloyd Wright

Historic Preservation: How-to Guide

Meredith Johnson

73 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

two-story craftsman style home with a green lawn

American Architectural Styles

Meredith Johnson

71 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

people sitting on a bench overlooking new york skyline

The Theory and Practice of Culture and Placemaking

Annalise Fonza

71 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

Top Historic Preservation Instructors

Meredith Johnson

Meredith is the owner of Johnson Planning and Preservation LLC, a boutique firm that works to...

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Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...

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Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.

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Kristin Faurest

Kristin Faurest is a public garden education and outreach professional, author, and landscape architecture educator, committed...

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Adam Fine

Adam is the Director of experiential graphic design at Nova Scotia-based Fathom Studio and has worked...

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Annalise Fonza

Dr. Annalise Fonza is a Lecturer in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the...

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All Historic Preservation Courses

AutoCAD for Site Planning

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

This course establishes a workflow for an illustrative site plan, including how to represent existing conditions and create detailed plans for specific areas within a larger project. Building on AutoCAD 101, learn to draw more complex plans using aerial imagery, photography, and hand-drawn sketches as the base layer.

4.11

74 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

AutoCAD 101

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

This course provides an introduction to AutoCAD’s essential functions for first-time users and demonstrates how to create site plans, street sections, and other two-dimensional scaled diagrams.

4.28

63 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

Historic Preservation