Preservation Links

Organizations:

• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  http://www.nationaltrust.org
  
  
• Historic Houston
  http://www.houstonhistory.com/
  
  
• Greater Houston Preservation Alliance
  http://www.ghpa.org/
  
  
• Preserving Houston's modern historic architecture
  http://www.houstonmod.org/
  
  
• Historic Houston
  www.historichouston.org
  
  
• Preservation Texas
  http://www.preservationtexas.org/
  
  

Galveston:

• Historic images of Galveston and what they look like today.
  http://www.islandofgalveston.com/
  
  
• City of Galveston's online forms - Includes Building Permit and Landmark Commission Applications
  http://www.cityofgalveston.org/...
  
  
• City of Galveston's Historic Neighborhood and Planning Department - "Design Standards for Historic Properties in Galveston" and
  a "Property Owner's Guide to Galveston Historic District"
  http://www.cityofgalveston.org/...
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau information on Galveston's population and neighborhoods
  http://factfinder.census.gov/...
  
  
• Nautical Maps of Galveston
  http://historicals.ncd.noaa.gov/...
  
  
• Galveston Association of Realtors
  http://www.garmls.com/
  
  

Resources:

• Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/tax/rhb/index.htm
  
  
• National Park Service - Technical Preservation Briefs
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/presbhom.htm
  
  
• Historic real estate listings
  www.historicproperties.com
  
  
• National Historic Landmarks Program - Galveston has three listings
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/
  
  
• National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
  http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/
  
  
• Traditional Building Magazine - source for specialty restoration products
  http://www.traditional-building.com/
  
  
• Built in America - HABS/HAER collection of documented historic structures
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/
  
  
• Vieux Carre Commission Design Guidelines - New Orleans French Quarter
  http://www.cityofno.com/...
  
  
• Historic Preservation Tax Incentives
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/tax/
  
  
• Gerard Chimney Company - St. Louis, MO - repaired GHF's Harborside Smokestack in 2005
  http://www.gerardchimney.com/
  
  
• Rising damp
  http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/docs/maintenance2-1_risingdamp.pdf
  
  
• Charles E. Peterson HABS Competition - historic documentation
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/...
  
  

Membership Benefits:

• Kwal Paint - GHF members receive a 30% discount on their purchase at any Kwal store with their discount card
  http://www.kwalpaint.com/
  
  
• Sherwin Williams - GHF members receive a 30% discount on most Sherwin Williams paints with their discount card
  http://www.sherwin-williams.com/
  
  

Texas:

• Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University
  http://nautarch.tamu.edu/
  
  
• Historic Texas Courthouses
  http://www.texascourthouses.com/index.htm
  
  
• Texas Historical Commission
  http://www.thc.state.tx.us/
  
  
• Texas General Land Office - Historic Texas Maps Collection and Ordering
  http://www.glo.state.tx.us/...
  
  
• The Handbook of Texas Online - Entries on important people, places, and events in Texas history
  http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/...
  
  

Landscape:

• Old House Gardens - source for antique and heirloom bulbs
  http://www.oldhousegardens.com/