Acorn Heritage Services
Nantucket, MA 02554
Preservation Planning
Acorn Heritage Services is primarily a preservation planning consulting group. We provide a wide variety of planning document options. We also will work cooperatively with your community or organization to understand their needs and create a document that will serve the community or organization for the long term. Our options are as follows:
Historic
Structures Reports
Understanding
the needs of your structure requires an expert to take the time to dissect
the structure and put it back together - usually figuratively, but sometimes
literally. Acorn Heritage Services will work with your building sensitivity
to understand its needs and then work with your organization to understand
your needs for the building. We will take the time to delicately document
the building with accurate measurements and CAD drawings. We will research
the history of the building and compile the relevant information. We will
also photo document the structure comprehensively. The final document
will be an invaluable working document for your structure.
Local
Preservation Plans
Your community is special. The history of the community gives local community
members the opportunity to understand the past and move their community
forward. Acorn Heritage Services uses our staff to research and document
the history of your community and then build upon those trends to analyze
current trends. We generally use public input meetings to collect community
comments, but we also can tailor a mailing or calling plan to gather input.
Acorn Heritage Services will then use this information to create a series
of recommendations - alongside local planning and advocacy groups - for
the future of the community. We ensure that the document is illustrated
with local images and incorporates local history. We provide the document
in a variety of formats, including on CD and online.
District
Surveys
One of the
most complex, but rewarding, projects is the cultural resources survey.
These surveys, which often require long periods of on the ground documentation,
can use up the resources of a community. For this reason, a consultant
is a natural choice for a community seeking to better understand the cultural
fabric in their town. Acorn Heritage Services will work with a variety
of local volunteers and subcontractors to document the history of a community
or district through photography, survey forms, and databases. Our final
document will not only satisfy your State Historic Preservation Office's
survey unit, but will also provide your community with a comprehensive
overview of the historic resources that is easily accessible to all. The
final version will include a paper version and a digital database of the
same information.
State
& National Register Nominations
State & National Register Nominations form the core of a historic
preservation program. Listings for state or national recognition as historic
will provide you organization or community with a better understanding
of the history of a locale or building. Acorn Heritage Services will use
their ten years of preservation experience to create documents that are
clear, concise, and meet the regulations set forward by the National Park
Service (who oversees the National Register Program) or your local State
Historic Preservation Office. We specialize in a wide variety of time
periods - include the "recent past" or those buildings under
50 years of age. Acorn Heritage Services uses the same knowledge that
is necessary for Historic Structure Reports - photography and historic
research - to create a standardized document that can then be used to
apply for National Register of Historic Places status.