Historic Resources
The point of departure for all historic resources projects undertaken by Sapphos Environmental, Inc. is a thorough knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations and criteria of significance. From the identification of historic resources to the implementation of mitigation plans, the team of professional historians and architectural historians offers clients the benefit of decades of experience and a proven track record of achieving client objectives in an environment of complex governmental regulations and increasing public scrutiny. The firm also assists clients through the maintenance of professional relationships with local agencies and institutions in the historic preservation community.
- Reconnaissance- and intensive-level historic resources surveys, assessments, and evaluations
- Historic context statements
- National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historical Resources, and landmark nominations
- Section 106 process
- Agency consultation with State Historic Preservation Officers, local and state historic commissions, National Park Service, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- Community outreach, including historical societies and preservation organizations
- Historic American Buildings Surveys (HABS)
- Monitoring of use of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties
- Rehabilitation tax credit and Mills Act applications, Save America’s Treasures, and other grant applications
- Historic preservation elements and plans
- Oral histories
- Educational and interpretative exhibits, publications, and presentations
- Specific expertise: modernization of historic schools, redevelopment for new school construction, California Historical Resource Inventory Database (CHRID)