Historic properties

What turns an ordinary building into a historic property, and why does that status change how it is owned? This book takes up both questions. It traces how the historic preservation movement has reshaped long-standing assumptions about property rights.

The author also examines the outside forces that shape a historic property's use and worth. Laws, government policies, and the tax credits available to owners all bear on those decisions. To show how such a property is valued, the text works through a case study of a historic hotel, applying the appraisal process to a building of both architectural and historical importance.