HABS/HAER

Historic American Buildings Survey & Historic American Engineering Record

"Preservation through Documentation"

The Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) is a federal government program that documents important architectural, engineering and industrial sites throughout the United States and its territories. This archive of American architecture and engineering sites helps in better understanding what historic resources tell us about this country's diverse heritage. Each documented site has a complete set of measured drawings, photographs, and written history. Over 36,000 structures have been documented in the nation and in Connecticut almost 700 hundred structures have been surveyed by HABS/HAER from the Leffingwell Inn in Norwichtown to the road bridges that span the Merritt Parkway. The National Park Service oversees the HABS/HAER program and the Library of Congress is the depository for the documentation.

For further information regarding the HABS/HAER program, please select from one of the links provided below.

National Park Service - Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Library of Congress - Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)