Papers Written for the Historic Preservation Law Seminar
D.C. Topics
Compatibility
- M. Jesse Carlson, Can Modern Architecture and Historic Preservation be Reconciled? The Definition and Application of "Compatible" as used in the DC Historic Preservation Act (Spring 2003)
Economic Hardship
- Christy Faller, Economic Hardship and Historic Preservation of Non-Profits: Balancing Individual Burden with Community Benefit (Spring 2008)
- Jeffrey T. Johnson, Economic Hardship and Regulatory Takings in the DC Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act (Spring 2004)
Embassies and Chanceries
- Michael Hurwitz, Preserving Diplomacy over History? Historic Preservation of Chanceries in the District of Columbia Under the Foreign Missions Act (Spring 2005)
Enforcement
- David Henry, Improving Historic Preservation Enforcement in the District of Columbia (2006)
- Anna Martin, Demolition by Neglect: Repairing Buildings by Repairing Legislation (2007)
- Winston Sale, Plenty of Bark, But Not Much Bite: Putting Teeth Back into Historic Preservation Enforcement in D.C. (2007)
Historic Districts
- Kelly Bissinger, Conservation Districts: A Solution for the Deanwood Neighborhood (2007)
- Sarah Conde, Striking a Match in the Historic District: Opposition to Historic Preservation and Responsive Community Building (2007)
History, Background
- Jeremy Dutra, You Can’t Tear it Down: the Origins of the D.C. Historic Preservation Act (2002)
- Glen Worthington, The Vision of Pierre L’Enfant: A City to Inspire, A Plan to Preserve (2005)
Interior Designation
- Sass Silver, Not Brick by Brick: Development of Interior Landmark Designation Policies in Washington, D.C. (2004 )
Mayor’s Agent
- Megan Guenther, Expanding the Role of the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review Board in Permit Proceedings before the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation (2002)
- Brian Flock, The House that the Mayor’s Agent Built: Stare decisis and the Decisions of the Mayor’s Agent Under D.C. Historic Preservation Law (2005)
Religious Institutions
- Susan Corts Hill, Is an Exemption from Historic Preservation Designation for Religious Institutions Needed in the District of Columbia?(Spring 2008)
- Bryan Stockton, Preserving Sacred Places: Free Exercise and Historic Preservation in the Context of Third Church of Christ, Scientist, Washington, DC (Spring 2008)
Special Merit
- Pamela Egleston, The Exemplary Architecture Exception to the District of Columbia Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act (2004)
- Elizabeth Rugaber, The Special Merit Exemption Under D.C.'s Historic Preservation Act: An Analysis of 20 Years of Application and Suggestions for the Future (2002)
Sustainability
- Andrew Stein, Greening Historic DC: Challenges and Opportunities to Incorporate Historic Preservation into the District's Drive for Sustainable Development (2009)
National/International Topics
- Annie Christoff, House of the Setting Sun: New Orleans, Katrina, and the Role of Historic Preservation Laws in Emergency Circumstances (2006)
- Jon Flynn, Productive Preservation and the Reinvention of Industrial America (2006)
- Erin Guiffre, A Constitutional Analysis of Statutory and Judicial Religious Exemptions to Historic Preservation Laws (2007)
- Johnathan Lloyd, Interior Preservation: In or Out? (Spring 2008)
- Jill Teehan, The Intersection of Gender and Early American Historic Preservation: A Case Study of Ann Pamela Cunningham and Her Mount Vernon Preservation Effort(2007)
- Jess Theodore, Over My Dead Property! Why the Owner Consent Provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act Strike the Wrong Balance Between Private Property and Preservation (Spring 2008)
Additional papers written for the Historic Preservation Law Seminar at Georgetown University Law Center are available at the Bepress Legal Repository’s Georgetown Law Historic Preservation Papers Series.

