Iron Dog Preservation, LLC specializes in architectural history, historic preservation, and cultural resource management in Virginia. Owner and principal, Kristin Kirchen, has more than a decade of experience in surveying, evaluating, preserving, and assessing historic properties. No matter your preservation needs, we can help. If you are interested in listing your property on the National Register of Historic Places, or if you are required to consider the effects of your project on historic properties pursuant to federal regulations, we can walk you through all the necessary steps with efficiency, confidence, and flexibility. We look forward to learning more about your needs and how we can work with you.
Services
- National Register of Historic Places Nominations and Preliminary Information Forms
- Surveys of historic properties, thematic and regional
- Preservation Tax Credit Applications
- Assistance with the Section 106 regulatory process
- Survey and evaluation of historic properties for CRM firms needing local assistance
About Us
Owner and principal, Kristin H. Kirchen, has more than 15 years of experience in historic preservation and cultural resource management. Most recently, she worked for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources for more than 8 years in the environmental review division and as the regional architectural historian for the central portion of Virginia. She meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for Architectural History.
Our Practice
Our office is located in Richmond, Virginia, convenient to many of the statewide research institutions including the Library of Virginia, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Our company is a certified SWaM business by the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity.
It has been said that, at its best, preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the future.
William Murtagh, Keeping Time: the History and Theory of Preservation in America [1988]
