Mr. Schneider has considerable experience with historic preservation commissions and the design review process. He has served as an applicant before, a consultant to, and/or a member of historic review boards, has written design guidelines, and has conducted training workshops for commissions and the general public.

Design Review

• Design Review Guidelines, Magnolia Springs (AL) 2010
• Design Review Guidelines, Madison (AL) 2008
• Design Review Guidelines, Sheffield (AL) 2008
• Design Review Guidelines, Huntsville (AL) 2004
• Design Review Guideline Revisions, Eufaula (AL) 2003
• Design Review Guideline Revisions, Sullivan’s Island, (SC), 2003
• Design Review Guideline Revisions, Leeds (AL) 2001
• Design Review Guideline Revisions, Decatur (AL) 2001
• City of Anniston, Historic Preservation Commission, Anniston (AL) since 2002 • Spirit of Anniston Facade Grant Program, Chair
• City of Beaufort Board of Architectural Review, Beaufort (SC) Advocate advisor, 1995 - 1999
• Design Standards Development Committee, City of Beaufort (SC) 1995 - 1999
• Northwest Quadrant Neighborhood Design Guidelines with Winter & Associates, Beaufort (SC) 1996-1999
• Preservation Committee, St. Helena’s Episcopal Church, Beaufort (SC) 1996 - 1999
• Historic Architecture Review Board, City of Lancaster (PA), Consultant Advisor, 1990-1992; advocate advisor 1992-1995
• Exterior Commercial Property Review Committee, Member, Lancaster (PA)1990 - 1995
• Lancaster County Environmental Center, Design Review Committee, Lancaster (PA) 1993
• Charleston (SC) Board of Architectural Review,* Applicant Representative, 1984 - 1989

Heritage Tourism
• Beaufort Historic District, Information for Tour Guides, City of Beaufort (SC) 1999
• Heritage Tourism Task Force, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Lancaster County (PA) Planning Commission, 1994 - 1995
• Tourism Management Advisory Committee, City of Beaufort (SC) 1998-1999
• Nature-Based Tourism Task Force, City of Beaufort, Beaufort (SC) 1998-1999
• Friends of the Railroad Museum, Marketing Committee Lancaster (PA) 1990 - 1991

Historic Theatres
• Friends of the Main Theatre, Ephrata (PA) 1990
• Friends of the Riviera, Charleston (SC) 1986-1988
• Hamrick Theatre, Gaffney Main Street Corporation, Gaffney (SC) 1987*
• Historic Motion Picture Theatre Survey, Buffalo (NY) 1981
• “The Historic Motion Picture Theatre in America,” Master’s thesis, 1979

Publications
• Beaufort Historic District, Information for Tour Guides, editor, Beaufort (SC) 1999
• A Guide to Historic Beaufort, Historic Beaufort Foundation, 1999, editor, co-author, 9th edition
• John Mark Verdier House, Historic Beaufort Foundation, 1997, editor, co-author, design
• The Historic City of Lancaster, Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, 1995
• Foundations in a Fertile Soil, Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, 1994

David B. Schneider
Schneider Historic Preservation, LLC
411 E. 6th Street, Anniston, Alabama, 36207
256.310.6320