Post World War II Documents
 NEW! April 2008
OAHP
Recommended Minimum Standards for Identification & Evaluation of Postwar Subdivisions (PDF)
National
Register Bulletin: Historic Residential Suburbs-Guidelines for Evaluation
and Documentation for the National Register of Historic Places
A comprehensive look at historic context, survey and nomination
topics for American suburban development from 1830 to 1960, not
just the postwar period. Both an online version and an order form
for hardcopies are available at the National Park Service web site.
Database of the Annual Denver Area Parade of Homes 1953-1963 (PDF)
This document, sorted by location and by year, facilitates visiting
actual examples of postwar housing to study stylistic changes over
time and examples of specific builders’ work.
Selected Post-World War II Residential Architectural Styles and
Building Types (PDF)
This booklet includes new or revised entries
for Usonian style and Minimal Traditional, Ranch, A-Frame, Bi-Level
and Neo-Mansard types. The entries also appear in the online Guide
to Colorado’s Historic Architecture and Engineering. Consultants
are encouraged to begin using these styles and types for survey
projects. These styles and types are also listed individually in our
Online Architecture Guide.
Guide
to Nominating a Historic District to the National Register of Historic
Places in Colorado (Publication #901, PDF)
This publication offers guidance
for planning and preparing historic district nominations. It is
not specific to the postwar period.
Atomic Ranch
This contemporary shelter magazine is devoted to Ranch homes and
all Mid-Century Modern topics. The Spring 2006 issue features an
article about an H.B. Wolff & Company home in Denver’s
Lynwood.
Bibliography of Suggested Reading (PDF)
A list of articles, books, survey reports, websites and other resources which will keep you
reading for a long time.
Article: “Evaluating the Significance of San Lorenzo Village,
a Mid-Twentieth Century Suburban Community” from CRM, Summer
2005 (PDF)
Article by California Department of Transportation
environmental planner illustrates how social histories of community
residents and its architectural manifestations are often ignored
when focusing on original design and construction.
Harvey Park South Architectural Features Recording Sheet (Reconnaissance
Form) (PDF)
This document introduces a simplified reconnaissance
method to be used to record all properties within large scale postwar
developments prior to selective intensive survey.
Builder
Biographies for Franklin Burns, K.C. Ensor, and Ted Hutchinson (PDFs)
Staff have routinely gathered or prepared architect biographies
(many have appeared in The Camera & Clipboard). Knowing about
builders will be increasingly important for postwar developments.
Biographies of three metro-area builders highlight their company
and personal backgrounds plus known projects.
Arapahoe Acres National Register Nomination (5AH.1434) (PDF)
Well-documented nomination packet for first American postwar suburb
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Sheely Drive District: Fort Collins Local Landmark Nomination (PDF)
Example of a local landmark nomination for a postwar neighborhood;
designated in 2000.
Driving Tour: Modern Neighborhoods of Denver’s Virginia Village (PDF)
Get in the car to visit three Denver postwar neighborhoods.
This tour was originally posted on the Mile-Hi Modern website
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