Attach 11 - AOC Order 37-1 Preservation Policy and Standards 2016.pdf

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 2016

SUBJECT: Preservation Policy and Standards

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ORDER 37-1

PURPOSE: This Order provides policy and standards for the Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) treatment of Heritage Assets located throughout the United States Capitol complex_

DESCRIPTION: This Order provides definitions of common preservation terminology, establishes the roles and responsibilities of the AOC Historic Preservation Officer, the AOC Curator and the U.S.

Botanic Garden Curator and sets forth treatment standards for preservation of the AOC Heritage Assets.

SCOPE: This Order applies to all persons and actions that may affect the AOC Heritage Assets including all AOC personnel, consultants and contractors and all operations conducted by the AOC.

OPR: The office of primary responsibility (OPR) is Planning and Project Management (PPM), Design Services Division, Historic Preservation Officer.

SUPERSEDES: This Order supersedes AOC Order 37-1, Preservation Policy and Standards, dated February 6, 2012.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES: The policy now adds and defines the role and responsibilities of the U.S Botanic Garden Curator along with other minor clarifications.

12. List of Heritage Assets

12. l. Buildings, Structures, Monuments, Memorials

• Capitol Building

• Russell Senate Office Building

• Dirksen Senate Office Building

• Hart Senate Office Building

• Senate Underground Garage

• Daniel Webster Page Residence

• Cannon House Office Building

• Longworth House Office Building

• Rayburn House Office Building

• East and West House Underground Garages

• Ford House Office Building

• Thomas Jefferson Building

• John Adams Building

• James Madison Memorial Building

• Botanic Garden Conservatory

• Botanic Garden Administration Building

• CPP Main Boiler Building

• CPP East Refrigeration Plant

• CPP Old Generator Building

• Supreme Court Building

• Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

• Taft Memorial

• Garfield Memorial

• Peace Monument

• Grant Memorial

12.2. Cultural Landscapes

• Capitol Square: bounded by Independence Avenue, Constitution Avenue, First Street NW, SW, NE & SE, including but not limited to the Summerhouse, the Olmsted Landscape and Landscape Elements (boundary walls, site walls, light fixtures, railings, trellis and streetcar shelters, airshaft towers, terrace planters, vases/urns, fountains, and west grotto)

• Union Square

• Senate Office Building Sites and Courtyards: Squares 686, 725

• Senate Park: Squares 632,633,634,680,681,682,683,684,685, 722, and 723

• House Office Buildings Sites and Courtyards: Squares 581,635,689,690

• East and West House Underground Garage: Squares 637 and 691

• Thomas Jefferson Building Site: Square 730

• John Adams Building Site: Square 761

• James Madison Memorial Building Site: Square 732

• Botanic Garden and National Garden: Square 576

• Bartholdi Park: Square 578

• Botanic Garden Administration Building Site: Square 578

• Square 575

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