30 Years of Architectural History & Built Environment Compliance
Headquartered in Napa Valley with satellite offices in San Francisco and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Yarbrough Architectural Resources (YAR) has worked with public and private clients throughout the West, Great Lakes Region, and the Pacific Islands. The sole-proprietorship specializes in all Architectural History matters, from initial historical evaluations to impacts analysis and implementation of mitigation measures, such as treatment plans and resource documentation. Whether you’re an environmental planner, public agency representative, attorney, homeowner or represent a business, YAR will take the time to understand your goals and challenges and provide objective, defensible, and timely recommendations. YAR brings extensive experience, considers availability to project commitments, and listens to your goals and concerns from the outset.
Edward Yarbrough has been practicing as an architectural historian for 30 years as of 2021. He has worked with agencies at every level of government and with a wide variety of public, private and non-profit interests including homeowners, businesses, developers, transportation commissions, utility companies, departments in all levels of government—a professional background from which to anticipate tasks in advance and plan solutions to forward client goals.
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➤ LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA & mICHIGAN
Saint Helena, California
San Francisco, California
Laurium, Michigan
☎ CONTACT
edwardbyarbrough@gmail.com
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Areas of Practice
FEDERAL CLIENTS & COMPLIANCE
The mission and purpose of federal agencies vary greatly but all share regulatory obligations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and other federal laws regarding the treatment of historic properties. We have the experience to understand the your agency's project goals and unique compliance guidelines in order to "right size" assessments and documentation.
ceqa ~ sTATE, cOUNTY & mUNICIPAL cOMPLIANCE
Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is led by municipal, county, and state governments and Edward Yarbrough has worked with public entities at all levels and followed the wide-ranging guidelines for application of the law from rural to suburban and urban jurisdictions. We will recommend whether or not a property is an "historical resource," as defined by CEQA, analyze project impacts to historical resources, and develop and implement mitigation measures, as necessary.
HABS/HAER/HALS rECORDS & pHOTOGRAPHY
We have a passion for documenting historic properties following the very specific guidelines of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS). From the reports' Written Data (i.e., history and description) to Photography Record (i.e., large-format, rectified photography), we will document your property, a method most commonly employed to mitigate project impacts. Yarbrough and team won the California Preservation Foundation 2016 Design Award for Historical Documentation for five HABS, two HAER, and one massive HALS reports in the Presidio of San Francisco National Historic Landmark District.
hISTORICAL sURVEYS & pLANNING dOCUMENTS
We have organized and participated in historical surveys from big to small in Oregon, California, and Guam. We will work with planners to scope your historical survey and coordinate survey efforts. General Plans of all kinds require updates; we have worked to update plans with federal agencies (i.e., National Park Service), counties (i.e., Alameda County and others), and cities (Menlo Park, CA and others).
historicAL rESOURCE eVALUATIONS
Historical resource evaluations come in many shapes and sizes and we have developed hundreds over a 25-year period to comply with city planning departments and state and federal agencies. We have developed evaluations on behalf of private developers whose projects face public review, such as Facebook and Stanford Research Institute, and for numerous agencies including: the National Park Service; US Forest Service; cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Mateo, San Rafael, and Santa Cruz, CA; Calumet Township and Hancock, MI; San Rafael and Oakland School districts; San Mateo County Community College District; California, Michigan, Oregon, Guam Territory, and Hawaii State Historic Preservation officers.
historic property tREATMENT pLANS
Treatment plans are most often developed to mitigation adverse effects or impacts to historic properties. They range from documentation such as HABS, HAER or HALS reports to working with architects and landscape architects to avoid or substantially reduce adverse impacts to historical resources.
“In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.”
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