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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc > Memorials, monuments
An Administrative History of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
documents the changing NPS management of a site to the present day.
It illuminates the choices that bring us to the experience of
Harpers Ferry that we have today and provides the park with case
studies to learn from and to inform future decisions and ways of
approaching the resources of the park.
The following is a survey of the current memorial plaques, waysides
and identification plaques found throughout Washington Square as of
January 2006. The memorial plaques in the square include everything
from plaques that honor individuals and their work, those that
commemorate important events, to identifying tree genus and
species. Current waysides contain history about the Square and
Philadelphia, while the identification plaques consist of various
informational markers. The accompanying map locates the forty-two
plaques and waysides currently within Washington Square. This map
is divided into quadrants and further divided into zones, with each
plaque and wayside appropriately located on the map. Other
information found in this survey includes dimensions of the metal
plaque or stone wayside, material from which the marker is made,
installation or dedication date (if known), and the inscription
that can be found on the plaque or wayside. In addition, two
photographs of the plaque or wayside are included, one being a
close shot of the marker at the time this survey was conducted, and
another photograph showing the single marker within the wider
surroundings of Washington Square.
Booker T. Washington National Monument (Booker T. Washington NM)
has been the subject of numerous studies focusing on long-range
planning, archeology, and interpretive programming. The following
cultural landscape report (CLR), encouraged by National Park
Service (NPS) policy and recommended by the park's 2000 General
Management Plan (GMP), continues this process and provides
background information and basic treatment recommendations to
implement sound cultural landscape treatment.
This historic structure report for the 1979 Station (1876 Type)
with boat house and another for the 1925 Chatham Type Station was
contracted by the National Park Service in anticipation of its
impending move due to encroachment of the ocean and threat to the
buildings and the site
This historic structure report for the 1979 Station (1876 Type)
with boat house and another for the 1925 Chatham Type Station was
contracted by the National Park Service in anticipation of its
impending move due to encroachment of the ocean and threat to the
buildings and the site.
The following section briefly describes the National Park Service
Geologic Resources Inventory and the regional geologic setting of
George Washington Birthplace National Monument and Thomas Stone
National Historic Site.
Discusses goals of the treatment of the historically-private
dwellings in Cape Lookout Village, including the O'Boyle-Bryant
House, making structural improvements, rehabilitation and improve
the buildings capacity to withstand wind and flood.
This final study of Castle Williams, Governors Island National
Monument, provides a chronology of its physical evolution,
describes its architectural elements, and identifies its character-
defining features.
These studies explore significance and integrity of the cultural
landscape and will guide the park in future rehabilitation efforts.
This report is a combination of original research and synthesis of
previous research and management documents. Long-term park staff
members have guided the project, and the park's extensive archival
collection has been tapped. The narrative landscape summary,
synthesized from the archive's collection of documents,
photographs, and plans, is the heart of this report. The following
report, Part 1 of the CLR, presents a chronological site history of
the property and its existing conditions in 2002 with both
narrative text and illustrations. The Landscape Analysis chapter
evaluates the significance and integrity using the terms and
definitions of the National Register of Historic Places program.
This Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement
presents and analyzes four draft alternative future directions for
the management and use of Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
(the national historic site). Alternative 4, Cold War Symbols, is
the National Park Service's preferred alternative. The potential
environmental impacts of all alternatives have been identified and
assessed.
This report is divided into six chapters. Chapter I is the
"administrative data" section, which documents the significance of
the house, National Park Service involvement, and proposed use and
treatment. Chapter II is an "architectural history" that describes
the evolution of the house and its site, from its original
construction circa 1705 to the present time. Also described is an
earlier Meriam house that is believed to have been located nearby
on Lexington Road, which was also standing on April 19, 1775.
Chapter III is an architectural description of the existing Meriam
House, its outbuildings, and other buildings on the former Meriam
farm. Chapter IV provides recommendations for the future treatment
of the house. Chapter V contains the appendices, including a survey
of existing maintenance conditions and recommendations for repairs.
Chapter VI is a bibliography of sources.
This study develops themes to explain the monument's history and to
show the center as one of several land uses over time. Organized
chronologically, the themes within the study include early Idaho
history, prewar settlement and development, racism and
discrimination, camp life, and postwar settlement and land use. The
role of the federal government is recurring and dominant within
these themes. The government created the wartime relocation centers
deep in the American interior on federal land. However, Minidoka
reaches beyond a federal land use study. Studying the site within a
broader agricultural, military, and ethnic history enriches and
clarifies the story.
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