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Historic Preservation Tall Tales
I will be told what color to paint my house.
I will have to return it to the way it looked exactly in the year 1800 and something.
I will loose some/all my mod cons.
4. Preservation will cost more money.
5. My property will be harder to sell.
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Types of Preservation
Preservation: places a high premium on the retention of all historic fabric through conservation, maintenance and repair. It reflects a building's continuum over time, through successive
occupancies, and the respectful changes and alterations that are made..
Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina
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Types of Preservation
Rehabilitation: emphasizes the retention and repair of historic materials, but more latitude is provided for replacement because it is assumed the property is more deteriorated prior
to work.
Guard House, Tybee Island, Georgia
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Types of Preservation
Restoration: focuses on the retention of materials from the most significant time in a property's history, while permitting the removal of materials from other periods.
Exterior Restoration, 2nd Assistant Keepers Cottage, Tybee Island Light Station
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Types of Preservation
Reconstruction: establishes limited opportunities to re-create a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object in all new materials.
Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg Virginia
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General Preservation on Tybee Island
Historic Resources Surveys
– Tybee Island Historic Resources Survey
(450 historic resources)
National Register Historic Districts
Listed
1982 – Fort Screven Historic District
1999 – Tybee Island Back River Historic District
1999 – Tybee Island Strand Cottages Historic District
2005 – Raised Tybee Cottage Multiple Property Nomination
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Specific Tybee Preservation Projects
National Register Individual Listings
Listed
2003 – Sea View Apartments
2008 – Mulherin-Righton Raised Tybee Cottage
2008 – J. Herbert and Julia Johnson Raised Tybee Cottage
2008 – Dutton-Waller Raised Tybee Cottage
2008 – Morgan-Ille Cottage
2009 – Rourke-Butler Raised Tybee Cottage
2010 – Carbo House (Classic Tybee Boarding House)
2012 – Wallis Cottage/Beach View Hotel (pending)
2013 – Weil House, 802 14th Street (pending)
2014 – Smith Apartments, 8 T.S. Chu Terrace (under review)
2014 – Thomas Family Paired Cottage, 300-302 Second Avenue (work in progress)
2014 – Tybee Beach Company Cottage, 1105 Jones Avenue (work in progress)
2014 – Raised Tybee Cottage, 1706 Butler Avenue (work in progress)
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Tax Credit Projects = in excess of $250,000* in tax credits awarded
2000 – Sea View Apartments (state tax freeze)
2002 – Fort Screven Post Bakery
2004 – Fort Screven Mess Hall/Bldg No. 204
2005 – Minis-Minkovitz Raised Tybee Cottage
2005 – J. Herbert and Julia Johnson Raised Tybee Cottage
2006 – Berman Keisker Raised Tybee Cottage
2006 – Dutton-Waller Raised Tybee Cottage
2006 – Morgan–Ille Cottage
2007 – Pearl S. Bowen Boarding House
2008 – Rourke-Butler Raised Tybee Cottage
2012 – Beach View Hotel
2013 – Weil House, 802 14th Street
2013 – Goette Cottage, 1517 Chatham Avenue
2014 – Smith Apartments, 8 T.S. Chu Terrace (under review)
2014 – Riverside Lodge, 1511 Chatham Terrace (under review)
2014 – Thompson Family Paired Cottage, 300-302 Second Avenue (work in progress)
2014 – Tybee Beach Company Cottage, 1105 Jones Avenue (work in progress)
2014 – Raised Tybee Cottage, 1706 Butler Avenue (work in progress)
Specific Tybee Preservation Projects
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Preservation at its best!
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Benefits of Preservation
Environmental Benefit
On its most basic level, the practice of historic preservation is the practice of conserving resources. Not only do restoration and redevelopment consume less energy than demolition
and new construction, but preservation also recovers the worth of past energy investment. Demolition and new construction not only consume present-day energy, but negates and wastes
the past energy investment made in a building. Preservation is a remarkably effective method of sustainability.
Cultural Benefit
Architecture is a direct and substantial representation of history and place. By preserving historic structures, we are able to share the very spaces and environments in which the generations
before us lived. Historic preservation is the visual and tangible conservation of cultural identity.
Economic Benefit
In the past historic preservation has been considered a luxury practice, but in recent years research of the economic and public benefits have revealed that it is a powerful tool in
sustaining local economy, creating jobs, and even generating capital. The aesthetic, cultural and historical benefits of preservation are well known, but now, communities are realizing
that there are also positive economic effects.
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The Next Step Local Districts
Local Historic districts do have aesthetic stipulations, but they are not intended to hinder property owners. Bylaws help ensure that the character of the neighborhood remains intact.
The stability provided by these standards usually raises property values because investors can be assured that the historic nature of the district will remain intact. According to
Donovan D. Rypkema, a scholar in the field of preservation economics, “it has been found that when a local district has the greatest positive impact on property values four variables
are usually in place: clear, written design guidelines for the affected properties; staff for the preservation commission; active educational outreach by the staff and commission to
property owners, real estate brokers, architects, builders, etc.; and consistent and predictable decisions by the commission.”
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Better Home Town/Main Street
Through collaborative efforts among the Historical Society, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) and Main Street, the efforts to maintain Tybee’s sense of place and highlight
the island’s unique beachside community continues to progress with the support of city officials.
Tybee has been a Main Street (previously called Better Hometown) Community since 2010. Main Street is a program through the National Trust for Historic Preservation that follows a balanced
4-point approach for economic development within the context of historic preservation. Tybee’s program is through the city, led by a working volunteer board with committees and partners
that work with the coordinator. Through Main Street, financing opportunities and design assistance are available and can prove beneficial for a city that wants to preserve its architectural
and community heritage.
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Local Resources
Tybee Island Historical Society:
Sarah Jones 912-786-5801 tybeelighthouse@yahoo.com
Better Home Town/Tybee Main Street Program
Chantel Morton 912472-5071 cmorton@cityoftybee.org
Quatrefoil Consulting
Robert Ciucevich 233-8655 racquatrefoil@aol.com
City of Tybee Zoning Manager
Dianne Otto 912-472-5031 dotto@cityoftybee.org
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Historic Preservation Commission
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