Section 106 Guidelines: City of St Louis

Residential Planning

This is an example of residential housing rehabilitation When rehabilitating historic building' a balance should be created between & historic appearance of the building's interior and contemporary living requirements and Secretary of the Interior Standards may require a bit of advance planning and perhaps some modification of your first intentions, it will generally result in a more attractive and valuable unit.

NOTE: NO DEMOLITION OR ANY OTHER WORK MAY BEGIN ON THE BUILDING BEFORE THE DESIGN TEAM'S REVIEW

The Secretary's Standards require that main interior spaces, sometimes referred to as "public" spaces, be maintained in their original proportions whenever possible. Public spaces are where the resident received guests; the proportions and size of private areas, such as kitchens and bedrooms, may be altered, unless they are of unusually significant architectural value. Public spaces include:

  • living room or parlor
  • second (or rear) parlor, if existing
  • dining room
  • entry hall or vestibule
  • main stair and stairhall on main floor.

    On single-family houses, public spaces are confined to the main floor; on multi-family units, they are the reception areas (front stair, hall, parlors, etc.) of each individual unit.

    Note that in the floor plan on the right below, the major interior spaces have been altered in size to add two additional bedrooms on the first floor. Not only does this fail to comply with the Secretary's Standards, but may not comply with guidelines in Housing Design Standards, for minimum square footage.

    This is an example of appropriate floor plan for historic interior (right) and inappropriate floor plan for historic interior.

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