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    Historic American Building Survey Guide to Field Documentation

    This Field Guide offers step-by-step instructions about how to observe, take field measurements, and create field notes and a short-form report about a historic site or structure to Historic American Building Survey standards. They address floor plans, elevations, and details to help develop basic note taking and delineation skills.

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    HAER team member Mark Radven drawing the Bradley Hammer at the Warwood Tool Company, in Wheeling, West Virginia. Photograph by Jack Boucher, 1990 July 31. Courtesy Library of Congress.

    Publisher: Historic American Building Survey and National Park Service

    Publication Date: May 16, 2011

    Difficulty: Intermediate 

    License: Public Domain

    Project State: page.state  

    See also:

    • HABS Guide to Field Documentation (Website)
    • Appendix A: Short Format History (PDF 700 KB)
    • Appendix B: Field Notes (PDF 6 MB)
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