Historical Commission - Preservation Briefs

All materials listed below were purchased by the Marengo Historic Preservation Commission for the benefit of the community and they are available for viewing at the Marengo Public Library’s circulation desk.

Preservation Briefs:

The following briefs were developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assist owners of historic properties in appropriate building restoration techniques. These materials are also available for purchase at the National Trust on-line bookstore at www.nthpbooks.org.

#1 Cleaning and waterproof coating for historic masonry
#2 Repointing mortar joints
#3 Conserving energy
#4 Roofing for historic buildings
#5 Historic adobe buildings
#6 Dangers of abrasive cleaning
#7 Historic glazed architectural terra-cotta
#8 Aluminum and vinyl siding on wood frame buildings
#9 Repairing historic wooden windows
#10 Exterior paint problems on historic woodwork
#11 Rehabilitating historic storefronts
#12 Historic pigmented structural glass
#13 Repairing and thermal upgrading of historic steel windows
#14 New exterior additions to historic buildings
#15 Repairing historic concrete
#16 Using substitute materials on historic building exteriors
#17 Identifying architectural character
#18 Rehabilitating historic interiors
#19 Repairing historic wooden shingle roofs
#20 Preserving historic barns
#21 Repairing historic flat plaster walls & ceilings
#22 Repairing historic stucco
#23 Preserving historic ornamental plasterwork
#24 Heating, ventilating, cooling
#25 Historic signs
#26 Historic log buildings
#27 Architectural cast iron
#28 Painting historic interiors
#29 Historic slate roofs
#30 Historic clay tile roofs
#31 Mothballing historic buildings
#32 Making historic properties accessible
#33 Stained and leaded glass
#34 Applied decoration for historic interiors
#35 Understanding old buildings
#36 Protecting Cultural Landscapes
#37 Methods for reducing lead-paint hazards
#38 Removing graffiti from historic masonry
#39 Controlling unwanted moisture
#40 Preserving historic ceramic tile floors
#42 Maintenance, repair and replacement of historic cast stone

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