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H I 29.82: 62/27 ClemsonUniyersil 3™T604~Cmr70e 085 w - < • N * i < &$**$&& s CjM& ^^mmmmMm A SFI FC ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY VvX'X' ^^PÎ^RTMENTOFTHK INTERIOR MMS^^^^^^^î Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/localhistoricpreOOgagl LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANS: A SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY NeilGagliardi BranchofPreservation Planning Stephen Morris InteragencyResources Division National ParkService June 1993 U.S. DepartmentoftheInterior Washington, D.C. U.S. Department ofthe Interior I National Park Service Cultural Resources Local Historic Preservation Plans: a selected annotated bibliography Mission:AstheNation'sprincipalconservation Thispublication isfinancedbytheNationalPark agency, theDepartmentoftheInteriorhasresponsi- Service,UnitedStatesDepartmentoftheInterior. bilityformostofournationally-ownedpubliclands UnderTideVIoftheCivil RightsActof1964,as and naturalandcultural resources. Thisincludes amended;Section 504oftheRehabilitationActof fosteringwiseuseofourlandandwaterresources, 1973, asamended;andtheAgeDiscriminationAct protectingourfish, andwildlife,preservingthe of1975,asamended,theUnitedStatesDepartment environmentandculturalvaluesofournational oftheInteriorprohibitsdiscriminationonthebasis parksandhistoricalplaces,andprovidingforthe ofrace,color,nationalorigin,handicap,orage, in its enjoymentoflifethroughoutdoorrecreation. programs. Ifyoubelieveyouhavebeen discrimi- natedagainstinanyprogram, activity,orfacility,or ifyoudesirefurtherinformationpleasewrite: OfficeofEqualOpportunity National ParkService P.O. Box37127 Washington, DC200013-7127 Local Historic Preservation Plans: a selected annotated bibliography CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Preservation Plan forBrookline 1983 15 i Preservation Plan forWorcester 16 COMPREHENSIVE Preservation in Staunton: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AVision fortheFuture 16 PLANS ProtectingtheHistoric Resources — ComprehensivePlan Update Historic ofThomaston, Georgia: Preservation Element:St. Augustine, Florida 2 AHistoricPreservation Plan 17 — DeadwoodComprehensiveHistoric Tallahassee Leon County Preservation Plan 3 ComprehensivePlan Historic Preservation Element 17 HanaleiCultural ResourcesManagement Plan ....4 TownofMilton Historic HistoricPreservation inGroton: Preservation Plan 18 AGuidetoPlanning 5 TheTulsaHistoricPreservation Plan Report 18 HistoricResourcesManagement Plan: Rockville,Maryland 5 A AREA PRESERVATION PLANS HistoricSomerset: Plan forthe PreservationofCommunityCharacter 6 CherryHillPreservation Plan: CherryHill IdahoCityHistoricDistrict Plan HistoricDistrict 19 and DesignGuide 6 CollegeHillGrowth Management Plan 20 KaneCounty,IllinoisHistoric Preservation Plan 7 Mayor'sRecommendedPioneer Square Plan Update 20 A Plan forPreservation: Providence, RhodeIsland 9 Preservation Plan forCoventryVillage 21 The Plan: HistoricPreservation forUnalaska,Alaska 12 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PreservingCommunityCharacter: PRESERVATION PLANS CityofLancaster, Pennsylvania 13 Cultural Heritageand LandManagement Preservation: An Elementofthe Plan forthe BlackstoneRiverValley MasterPlan oftheCityandCounty National HeritageCorridor 22 ofSanFrancisco 13 — Local Historic Preservation Plans: a selected annotated bibliography INTRODUCTION TheNational ParkService(NPS) receivesinquiries Inevitably,when acommunityisseekingtodevelop ona regularbasisfromState HistoricPreservation itsown preservationplan itwantstoknowhow Offices, Certified LocalGovernments, andothers other,especiallysimilar,communitieshaveap- aboutpreservation plansandpreservation planning proachedthetask. Oftenthefirststep istoacquirea activitiesatthelocallevel. Indeed, asubstantial numberofplansandcomparethem. Thispublica- numberoflocal preservationplansare funded tion is intendedto facilitatetheseeffortsandto throughtheNPS-administered HistoricPreservation provide informationonwhatpreservation plans Fundgrantsprogram. TheNational ParkService looklikeandwhatsortsofissuestheycover. The encourageslocalcommunitiestodeveloppreserva- plansaredivided intothreetypes: comprehensive tion plansasameansoforganizinglocalpreserva- historicpreservationplans,whichhaveacommu- tion activitiesand integratingpreservation into nity-wide focus;areapreservation plans,which broadercommunityandlanduseplanningefforts. confinetheirfocusto individual neighborhoods;and Giventhisbackground, itseemed incumbentupon specialtopicpreservationplans,whichaddressa NPStostudylocalpreservationplansandprovidean particularissueortypeofresource. Withineach overviewoftherangeofplanscurrentlyinuse;this section,plansarelistedalphabeticallybytitle. Each annotatedbibliographyisthe result. annotation includesabriefdescription ofthe communityforwhichtheplanwaspreparedand In thespringof1992,NPS requestedcopiesoflocal liststhepopulation ofthecommunity. Acontact preservation plansfrommorethan 1,800communi- name isgiven aftertheannotation formore infor- tieswithpreservationprogramsaroundthecountry. mation abouttheplan andwhetherornotcopiescan Thesolicitationaskedcommunitiestosubmitboth beobtained. An Indexattheendofthedocument "stand-alone" preservationplansaswellaspreserva- sortstheplansbytopic (archeology,architectural tionelements in localcomprehensiveplans for styles,etc.). potential inclusion in anannotatedbibliography. Somewhatlessthan200documentswerereceivedby Thisbibliographydoesnotcertifyorrecommend mid-summer. Theplansweresortedandanalyzed individualpreservation plans, ratherit indicatesthe accordingtodiversecriteria. Apreferencewasgiven rangeofapproachesandformatsused. Moreover, to morerecentdocuments;thosedevelopedwithin theauthorsmakenoclaimsastothesuccessor thelasttenyears. An effortwasmadetoselectplans soundnessofpreservationefforts in communities fromdifferentsectionsofthecountryaswell as from whoseplanswereselectedforinclusion. Thescope awiderangeofcommunitytypes, i.e.small rural ofthisprojectwaslimitedtoevaluatingwritten towns,suburban communities,largecities. Also documents, itdidnot include fieldevaluation ofhow plansillustratingawiderangeofapproachesto well preservation programswerefunctioningin preservation planningwereconsciouslyincluded individualcommunitiesorofwhetherthepreserva- fromhistoriccontext-basedplansto those featuring tion planwasactuallybeingimplemented. Evalua- apreservation issuesorientation. Finally,plans tionsofthiskindwouldhave madetheproject whichgobeyondmerelyestablishingaworkpro- substantiallymoredifficulttoachieve. Communities gramforthepreservation commission,butrather interested inadoptingoneorseveraloftheseplansas linkpreservation effortswithbroadercommunity modelsfortheirowneffortsareadvisedto make concernsincludinglanduseplanningweregiven contactwith individuals in the respectivecommuni- emphasis. tiestodeterminehowwelltheplan functioned. Local Historic Preservation Plans: a selected annotated bibliography COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANS Comprehensive — Plan Update COMPREHENSIVEPLAN—UPDATE Historic HISTORICPRESERVATIONELEMENT Preservation Element:St Augustine, Florida HistoricProperty taH«+1WMMePi.Mrtr• Associates, Inc. and mmT+Manningmn4BuNMngDoptrtnant PlanningandBuilding CityofSt.Augustine,Honda August,1900 Department (St. Augustine,FLHistoric Astrongcomponentof StAugustine'sComprehen- PropertyAssociates, sivePlan-UpdateHistoricPreservationElementis Inc., 1990). 98 pages. theidentificationofpriorityarcheologicalzones designatingvariouslevelsofmitigationandpreser- vation. AdoptedaspartoftheCityofSt. Augustine's — comprehensiveplan,the ComprehensivePlan UpdateHistoricPreservationElementevenlyad- policydocument, theplan elementbrieflydiscusses dressesbotharchitecturalandarchaeological threatstoculturalresourcesasrelatedto incompat- resources. Thedocumentstressesthecultural,social ibledevelopment,trafficandtransportation andthe andeconomicvaluesofhistoricpreservation forthe city'sbuildingcode. Generallydiscussed inpolicy oldestcontinuallyoccupied, non-NativeAmerican statements,goalsandobjectivesarelisted inthe final communityin theUnitedStateswithacurrent section. populationof11,692. Thehistoricoverviewand resourcedescriptionsin thedocumen—tareanalyzed CopiesoftheplanaremadeavailablebyAmy bytheme,timeandgeographicarea correspond- McClure,PlanningTechnician,CityofSt.August- ingtothehistoriccontextsorthemes in Florida's ine, Planning/Zoning, 75KingStreet,St.Augustine, ComprehensiveHistoricPreservation Plan. Al- Florida,32084,904-825-1060. thoughawidevarietyofresourcesareconsidered includingtheskylineofthecity,whatdistinguishes thedocumentisitsconsideration ofarchaeological resourcesand itsestablishmentofarchaeological sensitivityzoneswithvaryinglevelsofmitigationand preservation measures. Primarilyananalyticaland Local Historic Preservation Plans: a selected annotated bibliography Deadwood Comprehensive Historic PreservationPlan CommunityServices Collaborative, The SpitznagelPartnership, BRW,andHSG. COMPRKHI-NMM- HISTORIC (Boulder, CO:Commu- PRESERVATION PLAN nityServicesCollabora- tive, 1991). 196pages. The DeadwoodComprehensiveHistoricPreservation Plansetsforthanexhaustive, highly-detailed plan for historicresource managementandcommunity TheDeadwoodComprehensiveHistoricPreservation design forasmalltown located inthe BlackHillsof Planofferscommunitydesignplansfortheentire South Dakota,listed in itsentiretyontheNational historicdistrict. RegisterforHistoricPlaces. Theplandocumentsthe suddenpressuresofandcommunityresponsesto limitedgaming,whichwas instituted in 1989 to raise revenuesforpreservation ofthetown'slatenine- teenthandearlytwentieth centuryminingcenter character. Thedocumentbeginswithahistorical overviewandestablishesahistoricandarchitectural context. Subsequentsectionsdiscussthesocial, economicandphysical implicationsofissues regardinggaming-inducedgrowthandhistoric resourcemanagement. Avisitormanagementplan analyzingparking,streetsandvehicularandpedes- trian circulation providesastrongframework forthe document'smostnotablesection on community design plans. Thesection offersdesigns fortheentire historicdistrict, illustratedwithcolorgraphics, includingstreetscapedesigns,openspace/landscape conceptplansand aviewanalysisandprotection plan. Theplan's marketstrategysets forthspecific methodstoencourageeconomicdiversityand heritageandgamingtourism. Thedocument concludeswitha reviewofavailable revenuesources andaprioritization forexpendituresandadiscus- sion ofnewdevelopment approachessuchaspublic/ privatepartnerships. Theplan isavailablethroughMarkWolf, Historic Preservation Officer,Deadwood Downtown Historic DistrictCommission,P.O. Box 506,Deadwood, South Dakota57732,605-578-2082. Local Historic Preservation Plans: a selected annotated bibliography HanaleiCultural HANALEI,KAUAI Resources ANINTERDEPENDENCEOFRURALRESOURCES,LIVELIHOODS.ANDLIFESTYLE HANALEIPROJECT ManagementPlan TheHanaleiProject mmmm andLandandCommu- -«w*KSS«BMB<!B*a««VV^.'- nityAssociates. QkVi'AW (Charlottesville, VA: LandandCommunity Associates, 1988). 158pages. sdecision!rtuwirfb*mad*a obtmanagedtopresentwhatitwMnett*lost.- ThtHmlaPnjeaAdvunryCcamiax.1917 The Hanalei CulturalResourcesManagementPlanis theresultofa community-based initiativedesigned Reflectingthecommunity'svaluesandgoals to identify,evaluateand protectthe natural,cultural andhistoricresourcesofHanalei, a2,350-acrerural asdennedbyitscitizens,theHanaleiCultural communitylocated in avalleyon the northern coast ResourcesManagementPlanstressesthe interdependenceofculturalandnaturalresources. oftheislandofKauai,Hawaii (population 51,177). Thedocumenttakesabroad, comprehensive resourcemanagementapproachpertainingprimarily to natural, agriculturalandscenicresources. Princi- pallyapolicydocument,theplan identifiesthe significant resourcesin Hanalei,assesses major conditionsandissuesaffectingthoseresourcesand outlinesabroadrangeofgoals,objectivesand activitiestobeundertaken inordertoprotectthe resourceswhilemanaginggrowth. Theplan is madeavailablebyThe HanaleiProject, 1000 FriendsofKauai, P.O. Box99,Hanalei,Kauai, Hawaii96714. Present Land Ifee PTUÎ 1 LandtntComnwutyI TheHanaleiCulturalResourcesManagementPlan integratespreservationobjectiveswithsuchother regulatoryandplanningconcernsaslanduse, transportation andopenspace.