LINKS TO RESOURCES

VIDEO: Color Palettes to the Rescue: Saving Buildings from Demolition, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. Tania Alam, architectural conservator,  presents research on the evolution of historic paint palettes and how paint color has saved buildings from demolition. 
A 2013 report by Michele Reeves of Civilis Consultants sponsored by Astoria Downtown Historic District Association, Pacific Power, Sunday Market and the City of Astoria. Focuses on activating streetscapes, including a movement away from Astoria's largely beige paint colors.
National Parks Service Technical Preservation Services, Preservation Briefs #10, Exterior Paint Problems on Historic Woodwork, by Kay D. Weeks and David W. Look, AIA.

BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM LCPS LENDING LIBRARY 

(To place a hold on books in our library, please become an LCPS  member or contact us at [email protected])

Paint in America: The Colors of Historic Buildings
by Roger W. Moss Editor, Paperback, 1994.

Shop America: Mid-Century Storefront Design, 1938-1950 (English, German and French Edition) 
by Steven Heller, Hardcover, 2007.

Victorian Exterior Decoration: How to Paint Your Nineteenth-Century American House Historically
by Roger W. Ross, Paperback, 1992.

Bungalow Colors: Exteriors
by Robert Schweitzer, Paperback, 2002.

House Colors: Exterior Color by Style of Architecture
​by Susan Hershman, Paperback, 2007.

America's Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Celebration of Our Victorians (Dutton Studio Books)
by Elizabeth Pomada, Hardcover, 1992.

How To Create Your Own Painted Lady
by Elizabeth Pomada, Hardcover, 1989.

Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians
by Elizabeth Pomada, Paperback, 1978.

Daughters of Painted Ladies: America's Resplendent Victorians
by Elizabeth Pomada, Paperback, 1987.

Color: A Natural History of the Palette
by Victoria Finlay, Paperback, 2004.

Main Street Success Stories
by Suzanne G Dane, Paperback, 1997.

Orange Roofs, Golden Arches
​by Philip Langdon, Paperback, 1986.