MIT OpenCourseWare
History and Theory of Historic Preservation
- Instructor
- Prof. Max Page
- Term
- Spring 2007
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 22 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 11.947 History and Theory of Historic Preservation, Spring 2007, Prof. Max Page — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
11 files
- Introduction: What is historic preservation? Download
- The roots of historic preservation in the United States Download
- Preservation in the 20th century: History and policy Download
- The politics of significance: The President’s House on Independence Mall, Philadelphia Download
- Preservation and interpretation: the Emily Dickinson museum Download
- The politics of significance II: Poe, McKim and the NYU law school project Download
- If you can’t see it, can you preserve it? The danger of “integrity” Download
- Adaptive reuse: The Charles Street jail redevelopment Download
- Preserving contemporary life: The ugly and ordinary and the high-style Guest speaker: Helene Lipstadt, MIT Download
- Preserving modern architecture: The case of Aalto in Cambridge Download
- Reflections on contemporary preservation debates: the World Trade Center and New Orleans after Katrina Download
Assignments
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Max Page, 11.947 History and Theory of Historic Preservation, Spring 2007.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Spring 2007 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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