Everything about The Historic American Buildings Survey totally explained
The
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS),
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and
Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) are programs of the
National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consists of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.
In 1933 the Park Service established the Historic American Buildings Survey following a proposal by
Charles E. Peterson, a young Park Service
landscape architect. It was founded as a make-work program for architects, draftsmen and photographers left jobless by the
Great Depression. Guided by field instructions from
Washington, D.C., the first HABS recorders were tasked with documenting a representative sampling of America's
architectural heritage. By creating an archive of historic architecture, HABS provided a
data base of primary source material for the then fledgling
historic preservation movement.
The Historic American Engineering Record program was founded on
January 10,
1969 by the National Park Service and the
American Society of Civil Engineers. HAER documents historic mechanical and engineering artifacts. Since the advent of HAER, the combined program is typically called "HABS/HAER". Today much of the work of HABS/HAER is done by student teams during the summer, or as part of college-credit classwork.
In October 2000 the National Park Service and the
American Society of Landscape Architects permanently established a sister program, the Historic American Landscapes Survey for the systematic documentation of historic American landscapes. A predecessor to HALS was the Historic American Landscape and Garden Project (HALGP). Between 1935 and 1940 the project recorded of historic Massachusetts gardens. The project was funded by the
Works Progress Administration (WPA), but administered and records collected by HABS.
The permanent collection of HABS/HAER/HALS is housed at the
Library of Congress. As a branch of the
U.S. Federal Government, its created works are in the
public domain.
Gallery
Image:First national bank US with HABS border.jpg|HABS photograph: First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia (note HABS border with record numbers)
Image:Montpelier habs sketch.gif|HABS drawing: James Madison's Montpelier
Image:Hale-o-pi-ilani-heiau.jpg|HALS drawing: Hale O Pi' Ilani Heiau, Maui
Image:Loring west side.jpg|HAER photograph: Loring Air Force Base, ME
Image:Carter Woodson House.jpg|HABS photograph: Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, Washington, D.C.
Image:Montezuma castle.jpg|HABS photograph: Montezuma Castle cliff dwelling c.1400, Arizona
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