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WSSI’s architectural historians work with our archeologists, GIS specialists, and other professionals to provide a full range of cultural resource services from regulatory compliance investigations to preservation planning studies. Our clients range from government agencies to private developers, seeking expertise and guidance on local, state, and federal regulations and incentives. With extensive experience in urban, suburban, and rural areas, our architectural historians possess expertise in the identification, evaluation, management, and interpretation of vernacular and high-style architecture, infrastructure, public art and memorials, historic districts, and cultural and designed landscapes, dating from the colonial period to the recent past. They also possess expertise in local planning and zoning and surpass the Secretary of Interior’s Professional Standards for Architectural Historians and Historians.
Regulatory Compliance
Phase I Architectural Survey (Reston, Virginia)
Phase I and Phase II Architectural Survey, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Update, Historic Tax Credit Study, and Local Zoning and Section 106 Coordination (Floris, Fairfax County, Virginia)
Viewshed Analysis
Preliminary Literature Review and Site Analysis
Phase I Architectural Survey (Reconnaissance Level)
Phase II Architectural Survey (Intensive Level)
Mitigation Documents (Memorandums of Agreement/Local Proffers)
Local Review Board Coordination and Public Outreach (Architectural Review Boards, Planning Commissions, Councils, Board of Supervisors, etc.)
Section 106 Coordination with Federal Agencies, SHPO, and Consulting Parties
Phase III Architectural Mitigation (Documentation/Interpretation)
Preservation Planning
Historic Interpretation Plan (North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia)
Master Plan Contributions (Corridors, Small Areas, Redevelopment, etc.)
Local Zoning and National Register Historic District Delineations
National Register of Historic Places Nominations
Historic Structures Report
Historic Tax Credit Assistance
Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS)
State and Local Level Documentation
Historic Interpretation & Education
Master Plan (Courthouse and Public Safety Center, Fairfax County, Virginia)
Property Histories
Thematic Studies
Oral Histories
Historical Markers
Interpretation Plans
Interpretive Signage
Books, Brochures, and Pamphlets
Website Content Development
Interpretive Signage Content and Design (Guilford, Loudoun County, Virginia)
Phase I Architectural Survey, Historic District Delineation, and Preliminary Information Form (Highland Springs, Henrico County, Virginia)