The Georgia State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has issued guidelines in evaluating ranch houses. The preservation community has actually been pretty slow to figure out that so many of those atomic age houses are now eligible for preservation status, and seem to not know what to do with them.
Of course, there are those who are on top of things, like Atomic Ranch Magazine. If you are not a subscriber, you should check them out. One of my fave things to get in the mail.
The state of Michigan SHPO has introduced an initiative called Michigan Modern that seeks to preserve and promote the buildings left behind by the industrial explosion that happened in Michigan in the 20th century.
Too bad the SHPO in Florida has done nothing like this. I saw the new director at a talk at the Harn Museum last semester and he seemed to have no clue at all about the subject. Director Scott Stroh gave one of the worst powerpoint presentations of all time. He yammered on about policy and procedure - and if I had been playing buzzword bingo, would have won by about his 4th slide. Truly, absolutely clueless. Sad really, given the wealth of mid-century gems scattered across Florida.
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