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Photography: National Register property
Goals: To review NR 'descriptions'. To obtain NR nominations. Or a NHL nomination. To take interior and exterior images that complement the written description. To identify each image.
Resources
Use other resources if specific nominations are not available.
If needed, obtain a copy the National
Register nomination form from the State Historic Preservation
Office (see NCSHPO).
Read Ames, David L. "A
Primer on Architectural Photography and the Photo Documentation
of Historic Structures"
Conduct a site visit and take photographs to illustrate the house (exterior, interior,
and site), with reference to the NR description.
Label: Provide the following information for each photograph.
Owner (organization, if applicable), contact address
Structure, street address
Structure, latitude and longtitude (via Google Earth)
Exterior: Elevation, Orientation, Element/Detail, Scale,
Interior: Floor, Room, Elevation, Orientation,
Element/Detail, Scale, Materials (where applicable)
Materials (where applicable)
Date of photograph: Month/Day/Year (or YYMMDD)
Name of photographer (year © Name of Photographer), Company (RWU)
Reference to accompanying drawings, reports, site conditions
Measurements: scale, color
Numbering, if part of a series
Identification/catalog or accession number
Note: orientation refers to compass direction of camera to
subject.
Hand in:
- NR description, annotated to include citation of your images in appropriate locations, in parentheses (Photograph 1, etc.). (Option: retype nomination in Word® document.)
- Select photographs (eight - ten) to best illustrate the
site and complement the NR description. Adjust phtoographs as needed.
- Include separate Word® document of all photographs, labeled. Layout with one photograph per page, including labeling. Total file size must be less than 5 mb.
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