Historic Documentation Company 

Historic Property Consultants

Historic Documentation Company (HDC) provides professional consulting services to owners of historic properties and those involved in historic property management, preservation and project permitting. The majority of our work involves addressing compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106 Regulations (36CFR800).

Our typical clients are civil and environmental engineering firms, government agencies, law firms, developers and others with projects involving historic properties under their ownership or control that must comply with federal, state or local historic preservation laws.

Our typical work product is a technical report that addresses the needs of the project.  Reports take a variety of formats depending on their purpose, such as survey reports that identify historic properties and assess their significance or mitigation reports that document (make a permanernt archival record) of a property before it is demolished or severely altered. National Register listing gives recognition to properties with notable historic significance while providing certain benefits and protections. Differing state and federal agencies often have their own report forms, formats or special requirements that are followed.

We are happy to discuss your project to determine if we meet your needs. Contact Us.

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Principal

Richard M. Casella.  Architectural & Engineering Historian.  Casella has a MS degree in Historic Preservation and 40 years experience in the field. As a private consultant and former employee of several engineering, architectural, and cultural resource consulting firms, he has completed more than 200 projects involving historic properties in 23 states. With prior education and work in science and technology, he specializes in engineering, industrial, railroad and maritime resources. His current focus is on historic preservation policy, Section 106 regulations and compliance alternatives.  rcasella@historicdoc.com

Associates

Rob Tucher Photographic Documentation.  A professional photographer since 1979, Tucher specializes in large-format archival photography of historic buildings and structures for inclusion in the National Park Service's HABS/HAER/HALS collections. His work includes many of America's most important resources including the White House, USS Nautilus, Big Inch Pipeline, George Washington Bridge and hundreds of major factories, military bases, public building and bridges. In addition to degrees in Communications and Historic Preservation, he has worked and studied under leaders in his field including Ansel Adams and George Tice. www.tucherphoto.com; rob.tucher@gmail.com

Philip E. Pendleton.  Historian & Architectural Historian.  Pendleton offers specialized research & writing expertise in battlefield & military history, rural landscapes, vernacular architecture, early communities and milling industries. His book Oley Valley Heritage: The Colonial Years 1700-1775 (1995), won Best Local History Book award from both the Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations and the American Association for State and Local History. His HABS documentation of Clifton Farm at Monocacy National Battlefield [MD] was used as an instructive example in the HABS Historian’s Guidelines. He has a MA in History, post-graduate studies in historic preservation and architectural history, and extensive public & private project experience. pependle@gmail.com

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