Morgan County, Georgia's rural and small town burial grounds are highly significant cultural resources. As such, they serve as physical expressions from the past and as historic documents, revealing important information ...

This thesis examines the need to reconnect with traditional construction methods in order to lessen our impact on the environment. A brief history of the green building movement is discussed, as well as the inherent energy ...

The historic interior is one of the most fragile cultural resources and is also one of the most difficult for historic preservationists to manage. Both interior designers and historic preservationists work jointly and ...

As buildings from the ‘recent past’ approach fifty years in age, the question of how to preserve these cultural resources is raised. This thesis considered one of those ‘recent past’ buildings: the Ranch-type house. Based ...

This study deals with the issue of historic preservation as practiced in Prague, Czech Republic. A developmental history of the city prefaces a discussion of the city’s history of historic preservation practice. Historic ...

For two centuries, owners of the Shields-Ethridge Farm in Jackson County, Georgia adapted to changes in the larger agricultural scene. Following the pattern of other upcountry settlers, they first cultivated tobacco, then ...

Single-room occupancy hotels are a unique part of the urban cultural landscape in America overlooked by the field of historic preservation. SRO hotels developed out of a need to provide cheap housing in urban centers to ...

Connections between fictional narratives and real places have been drawn since the earliest days of literary tourism, a phenomenon that has since carried over to the medium of film. These cultural influences can impact the ...

The purpose of this thesis is to explore ways that historic residence halls have been renovated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and the University of Georgia. Using the information gained, ...

The use of Web 2.0 applications is limited in the field of historic preservation, but there is desire for expanding their use, based on a survey study of State Historic Preservation Offices and state/local preservation ...