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VERMONT LAW SCHOOL
HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW
SPRING, 2004 / WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS, 11:20 TO 12:30
COURSE SYLLABUS
Robert L. McCullough
rmccullo@zoo.uvm.edu / 802-656-9773
www.uvm.edu/~rmccullo
INTRODUCTION: PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAW
Class and Date Reading Assignment
1. Friday, January 16th Document 1
Introduction
PART 1: FEDERAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS
2. Wednesday, January 21st Documents 3a-5
Standing / Non-Profit Preservation Organizations
Antiquities Act / Historic Sites Act
3. Friday, January 23rd Documents 6-8
NHPA / NHPA Section 106
4. Wednesday, January 28th Documents 10-15
NHPA Section 106
5. Friday, January 30th Documents 16-24
NHPA Section 106 / Case Study
6. Wednesday, February 4th Documents 27-29a
Preservation Planning by Federal Agencies
Section 110 of NHPA
7. Friday, February 6th Documents 32a-34
Preservation Planning by Federal Agencies
NEPA / Transportation Projects & Section 4(f)
8. Wednesday, February 11th Documents 35-40;
Transportation Projects / Section 4(f) / Case Study
9. Friday, February 13th Documents 48-50
Transportation Enhancements / Accessibility
Review
PART 2: STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS
Class and Date Reading Assignment
10. Wednesday, February 18th Documents 51-52
State Historic Preservation Acts
11. Friday, February 20th Documents 53-54
Vermont's Act 250
12. Wednesday, February 25th Documents 55-56
Act 250 / Case Study
13. Friday, February 27th Review
PART 3: LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION LAWS
Class and Date Reading Assignment
14. Wednesday, March 10th Document 57
Local Historic District Ordinances
15. Friday, March 12th Documents 58-61
Local Historic District Ordinances
16. Wednesday, March 17th Documents 62-63
New York City Landmarks Law / Rules
17. Friday, March 19th Handout
Local Historic District Ordinances Case Study
PART 4 - CONFLICT
Class and Date Reading Assignment
18. Wednesday, March 24th Documents 65-66
Constitutional Boundaries
19. Friday, March 26th Documents 67-68
Constitutional Boundaries
20. Wednesday, March 31st Documents 69-73
Constitutional Boundaries
21. Friday, April 2nd Documents 74-79
Constitutional Boundaries
PART 5: PRESERVATION TOOLS
Class and Date Reading Assignment
22. Wednesday, April 7th Document 80
Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit
23. Friday, April 9th Documents 81-82
Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credits
24. Wednesday, April 14th Documents 85-88b
Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credits
25. Friday, April 16th Documents 90-91
TDR / Preservation Easements and Covenants
26. Wednesday, April 21st Document 92
Preservation Easements and Covenants
27. Friday, April 23rd Documents 98-99
Preservation in France and Great Britain
Venice Charter / Review
28. Wednesday, April 28th
Field Study
READINGS: (1) Edited volume of course materials; and
(2) John Costonis, Icons and Aliens. Law, Aesthetics, and Environmental
Change. Urbana, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1989.