<photo>Detail of Camron-Stanford House, Oakland,
California, after roof restoration
Standards for Restoration and Guidelines for Restoring Historic Buildings. Graphic title bar

restoring

Restoration is defined as the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems and other code-required work to make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration project.

 

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