Apply now to participate in the Mills Act program, the City's primary financial incentive for owners of historic properties.
Preservation Plan Workbook
To assist HPOZ communities in preparing their required Preservation Plans, the Department of City Planning has prepared a “Preservation Plan Workbook.” The Workbook serves as a helpful template for the creation of these important Plans, provides an illustrative guide to historic rehabilitation practices, and contains a useful summary of Los Angeles’ most prevalent architectural styles.
Overview
- Mission Statement
- Goals and Objectives
- Functions of the Plan
- Historic Resources Survey
- Context Statement
- Definitions
Design Guidelines
Architectural Styles
- Architectural History
- Architectural Style Pages
- Art-Deco Moderne
- Airplane Bungalow
- Beaux Arts
- Chatequesque
- Colonial Revival
- Contemporary
- Craftsman Bungalow
- Craftsman/Ultimate Bungalow
- Dingbat
- Dutch Colonial Revival
- Eastlake Stick
- Eqyptian Revival
- Folk Victorian
- Foursquare
- French Eclectic
- Googie
- Gothic Revival
- Greek Revival
- Hipped-roof Cottage
- Hispano-Moorish Revival
- Italianate
- Mediterranean/Italian Renaissance Revival
- Minimal Traditional
- Mission Revival
- Monterey
- Neoclassical Revival
- Post and Beam
- Post War Commercial Strip Center
- Prairie
- Queen Anne
- Ranch
- Second Empire
- Shingle
- Spanish Colonial Revival
- Transitional Arts and Crafts
- Tudor/English Revival
Residential Rehabilitation Guidelines
- Introduction
- Setting
- Windows
- Doors
- Porches
- Roofs
- Architectural Details
- Building Materials and Finishes
- Mechanicals
- Additions
- New Garages and Accessory Structures
Residential Infill Guidelines
- Introduction
- Design Approach - Single Family Housing
- Design Approach - Multi-Family Housing
- Location and Site Design
- Massing and Orientation
- Roof Forms
- Openings
- Materials and Details
- Relocating Historic Structures
Commercial Rehabilitation Guidelines
- Introduction
- Site Design
- Storefronts
- Windows and Doors
- Roofs
- Architectural Details
- Building Materials
- Additions
- Signage
Commercial Infill Guidelines
News
The OHR has received a Getty Foundation Multicultural Internship Grant and is seeking a talented and energetic summer intern.
Downtown's Department of Water and Power (DWP) Building, a Modernist landmark, has been approved as a Historic-Cultural Monument.
