The NPS is already getting ready to preserve steel siding. The Minute Man
Missle site in South Dakota is covered in steel siding. Not only that but it
also has lots of "home improvements" done by the guys stationed there. Some
of the improvements include adding a wainscotting down a hallway installed
with that 1/4" fake wood paneling.  I just did a review of the installation
of a fire surpression specs and had to add language that would allow review
of all installation methods with an eye towards preserving all "historic
material".  Any item that was to be removed was to be tagged and given to
the NPS to be archived.  Lots of eyes were rolling.

Jana Gross
Historical Architect
NPS-Midwest Region
-----Original Message-----
From: Marilyn Harper <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, March 25, 1999 1:38 AM


>     Jim Rhoads wrote:
>
>     "Though I doubt much of anything made of EIFS will survive toward a
>     preservable future, who knows.  Will Disney's fanticies in California
and
>     Florida wind up on the National Register and need preserving?  One
never
>     knows...does one?"
>
>     I hope I'm long gone when someone nominates Celebration to the
Register,
>     but I'm sure it will happen (if it lasts that long).
>
>     We already have a trailer (contributing to the significance of
Graceland)
>     and are waiting for the first aluminum-sided house.
>
>     Just a matter of time.
>
>     Marilyn Harper
>     National Register of Historic Places
>