Campus Heritage

Preservation planning for historic buildings and landscapes on college and university campuses

Project Details

A large traditional red brick building with a clock tower sits behind a green lawn with a blue sky

Talladega College

Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0

About

Goal

The Campus Heritage initiative improved the management and preservation of historically significant buildings and landscapes on college and university campuses in the United States.

Outcomes

  • Detailed assessment and conservation plans for over 86 participating institutions
  • Preservation plans produced through the initiative were made available on an interactive web portal hosted by SCUP (the Society for College and University Planners)
  • Increased broad-based awareness of the need for preservation planning for college and university campuses and for integrating preservation planning into master planning
  • Nationwide survey of challenges facing hundreds of independent colleges
  • The first national conference on campus heritage preservation

Background

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