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10 Ways Historic Preservation Policy Supports White Supremacy and 10 Ideas to End It
(2021-05) Wells, Jeremy C.
In the United States, policy-driven work in historic preservation comprises about three-quarters of the field’s work. Addressing issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity in federal and local preservation policies has usually been synonymous with the need to recognize the history of people with non-dominant racial or ethnic identities. While this omission is very much a policy problem, it is far from the only manifestation of how preservation policies support White supremacy, especially through the field’s pervasive regulatory climate. To more fully explore the policy problems in the field, this paper attempts to define ten ways in which preservation policy supports White supremacy followed by specific recommendations to solve some of these issues. A central theme is for the National Park Service and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to open up and support the rule-making process around the National Register of Historic Places and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards. A secondary theme is to support people-centered changes to historic preservation policy, including more flexibility around what have often been dogmatic approaches to significance and integrity.
86 Maryland Avenue historic structure report
(2014) Moore, Amanda E.; Pogue, Dennis J.; Bovill, Carl H.; Elefante, Carl
The purpose of this historic structure report is to provide a set of customized treatment recommendations for 86 Maryland Avenue, in the city of Annapolis, Maryland owned by the American Institute of Architects - Maryland Chapter. This building is a prime example of the dynamic development of Annapolis, and the additive nature of buildings, because the property was created from subdividing a once large, prominent eighteenth-century Annapolis estate into smaller parcels for residential use, and then the building was expanded to provide commercial space. The recommendations are based on a rehabilitation treatment approach, and were determined after thoroughly researching the building’s history, investigating and documenting the existing building conditions, and determining the character-defining elements. They will help guide future projects on the building, and ensure its preservation.
ADAPTATION AS A MEANS OF PRESERVATION: A NEW LIFE FOR THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
(2010-05) Simon, Chaya R; Linebaugh, Donald
When the Franklin School was built in 1869 in the heart of Franklin Square, a vibrant area of Washington, D.C., the school was the gold standard for D.C. public schools. However, despite a few renovations over the years, the building has deteriorated. Currently the Franklin school is empty, but despite its emptiness, it remains a lasting memory of Franklin Square’s vibrant past. It is for this reason that the school needs to be adaptively reused. By redeveloping the Franklin School into a new and accessible public charter school the building can become an active environment once again, while connecting to its past history. However, there are many challenges that come with adaptively reusing a historic building. This thesis will explore those challenges while developing a proposition for the best way to adaptively reuse the Franklin School.
Architectural salvage : understanding the values and improving the practice
(2011) Prest, Margaret; Linebaugh, Donald
It may be an increased interest in recycling or the thrill of hunting down the prefect solid wood door or the belief that somewhere exists a claw foot bathtub to replace the one that was lost in a previous renovation, but whatever the reason, the practice of architectural salvage is on the rise. While many salvagers consider themselves preservationists because they prevent unique items from being destroyed, some preservationists see the practice as detrimental because once an item is removed from a building it loses its original context and its history can easily be lost. Multiple values guide the actions and beliefs of both groups and in some cases they share the same values. This paper will consider some of the values driving the actions of historic preservationists and architectural salvagers and explore ways to use this knowledge to improve the practice for the benefit of all.
At the Foot of Prince George Street: The Burtis House, Hell Point, and Climate Change
(2022-12-16) Candelaria, Brianna; Bernstein, Ben; Albert, Paul; Cargill, Winnie; Farrish, Kelsey; Gold, Tabitha; Lucier-Keller, Emma; Maisano, Francesca; Medley, Lucy; Valentine, William; Williams, Stewart; Turner, Vincent II; Magalong, Michelle; Woehlke, Stefan
Annapolis is redeveloping its City Dock area into an elevated green space. The city will create preventative measures that protect the downtown area from rising sea levels. These measures include reconfiguring the stormwater system, elevating sea-level walls, and building storm surge gates. This redevelopment plan is a multi-phase initiative that provides for preserving and adapting for future use of the historic Burtis House, located at 69 Prince George Street. The Captain William Burtis House is ideally located to share the story of the history of Annapolis. As the sole surviving historic waterman’s home situated on City Dock, this property can assist visitors in understanding the Chesapeake way of life’s past, present, and future. With the redevelopment of the City Dock area, the Burtis House and site can become a welcoming and attractive place to learn about the region’s history. Due to its location, Burtis House has endured intermittent flooding, and it is vulnerable to sea level rise, subsidence, and tidal surges. Therefore, the building must be safeguarded against coastal flooding and stabilized until its use is determined. Preservation Maryland is leading the Burtis House initiative in partnership with the City of Annapolis and the National Park Service Chesapeake office. In 2021 Preservation Maryland issued a request for proposal for Phase 1 of this project. This first phase prioritizes the stabilization of the structure and preservation of the existing historic fabric from the effects of climate change for future adaptive reuse. Preventative measures against the impacts of climate change include raising Burtis house by four feet, water infiltration measures, and other defenses. As part of this phase, Preservation Maryland was looking for professional consultant services to conduct historical research on the context of the Burtis House and the neighborhood around it. The study would be utilized in interpretive panels placed around the house as work was being done. The University of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Studio class (HISP 650) responded to Preservation Maryland’s request for proposal for consultant services and was accepted. This report is the result.
Back to the basics : an investigation into preservation trades education
(2010-05) Alley, Patrick; Linebaugh, Donald
There is a growing shortage of workers trained in the preservation crafts (e.g. timber framing, masonry, plastering, etc.). This final project examines the state of the preservation trades education system in the United States, identifying ways in which a few educational programs are attempting to fill the void and detailing the opinions of select preservation education experts. The project goes on to describe the effect that the shortage has on our ability to successfully preserve historic buildings. One reason for the lack of training is an inability of trades people to access training materials. The second half of this project takes the form of a manual for one trade group: slate roofing. The manual introduces issues of roofing within the context of historic preservation, details the six most important areas of competence in slate roofing, and suggests resources for further study.
Baltimore Alley House Study
(2017) Bondarenko, Iryna; Castro Cerdas, Juan; Gibson, Jamesha; Mehrotra, Ridhima; Narron, Jack; Olafusi, Abidemi; Pickens, Meagan; Seguin, Andrew; Shell, Nayo; Simmons, Holly; Vargas, Hadassah
This report, prepared as part of a joint studio between graduate students in the Master of Community Planning and the Master of Historic Preservation programs at the University of Maryland, College Park, for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), and the City of Baltimore Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), seeks to answer the following questions: (1) What is an alley house? (2) How many alley houses exist in the City of Baltimore, and where are they located? (3) What is the best method for determining the fate of these buildings?
Bridging preservation and economics in Granite Falls, Minnesota
(2011) Otaibi, Sarina; Linebaugh, Donald W.
Granite Falls, Minnesota, is a small, rural city with a sleepy downtown. The town’s population is declining, the community lacks diversity, and seventeen of its downtown commercial buildings are vacant. While the downtown is currently undergoing revitalization efforts, the community is not fully aware of the benefits of using historic preservation as a tool to help bring back their downtown. Historic preservation is often misinterpreted or viewed with suspicion by people in rural communities. This project will examine the various issues and values involved in waking a sleepy downtown and provide a guide for how Granite Falls can use historic preservation as an economic tool in their revitalization plan.
The Bryant Street Pumping Station and the McMillan Park Reservoir Historic District: a question of boundaries
(2009-05) Kockritz, Justin; Linebaugh, Donald W.
The McMillan Park Reservoir and Filtration Plant in northwest Washington, D.C., are rightfully designated as a local historic district, recognizing both their unique design and important role in the development and modernization of the city. However, the adjacent Bryant Street Pumping Station, an engineering marvel and Beaux Arts monument in its own right, and a resource which shares much of McMillan Park’s historical signifi cance, is excluded from the boundaries of the neighboring historic district. By researching the development of the national capital’s water system, the history of the pumping station, and the process of designating McMillan Park, this project identifi es why the Bryant Street Pumping Station was not considered a contributing element to the historic district. Understanding how these boundaries were initially drawn is key to ensuring that all potentially contributing elements are properly considered in the future, and ultimately lead to a greater appreciation for and preservation of the historic water infrastructure system of Washington.
California Living in Maryland: Determining Significance and Integrity of Ranch Houses in the Washington, DC Suburbs
(2017) Butler, Melissa; Pogue, Dennis
This final project examines the varieties of ranch houses in the Washington, DC suburban area to create a context for determining significance and integrity for National Register and Maryland Inventory of Historic Places eligibility. Though ranch houses and suburban neighborhoods have been included in the Maryland historic inventory, a Washington, DC suburban area context report specifically focused on ranch houses is absent. Individual neighborhoods together make up a significant portion of Maryland’s suburban housing stock, making it particularly important to develop such a document. As many hundreds of these mid-century resources become eligible for the National Register, questions about their treatment are particularly relevant. The Georgia State Historic Preservation Office produced a theme study of ranch houses in 2010 that serves as a model for developing the survey methodology to study a sample of ranch houses located in Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties. The completeness of the Georgia study, the thoroughness of their suggested survey methodology, and the quality of their findings, make it an appropriate model to apply to Maryland. This study focuses on the two counties with the highest concentration of ranch houses and mid-century suburban development located “inside” the Washington beltway. Survey questions address construction material, stylistic attributes, context, and proximity to other listed resources and districts. These questions led to the identification of local patterns, which are then placed in the national context of ranch house development to better understand their significance. A review of the national history of ranch houses gives appropriate context for the survey results, and for their introduction and construction in Maryland, and provides a timeline for the growth of suburban ranch tract neighborhoods in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties.
Changing Landscapes: Farmsteads & Resort Towns
(2019) Baum, Sara; Davenport, Grace; Duan, Amy; Graham, Josette; Jockel, Kathleen; Martin, Veronica; Schlossenberg, Tamara; Tariq, Hassan; Nasta, Paula Jarrett
In the Fall semester of 2019, the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Studio class worked with the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in Prince George’s County through the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) program. The purpose of the partnership was to create a heritage trail linking the communities of Aquasco, Eagle Harbor, and Cedar Haven in southern Prince George’s County.
Chase-Lloyd House at 250: significance of function and integrity of form
(2015) Gross, Thomas; Kachovec, Kate; Imtiaz, Sehba; Price, Imania; Smith, Tyler; Ramirez, Constance Werner
Closing the Gap: Best Practices for Funding Sources for Residential Rehabilitation
(2015) Taus, Kathleen Amanda
This paper explores the history of preservation financing and the different financing structures currently available for owner-occupied housing across the nation. While there is a federal program for commercial structures, no such program exists for owner-occupied housing. This has restricted the availability of rehabilitation funds needed to increase the nation’s viable housing stock. A variety of programs are available from government agencies, from the non-profit sector, and as a result of partnerships between the two. The recommendations from this paper take into account best practices from current programs to propose a framework that can be instituted nationwide to provide funding options for owner-occupied homes.
Community Activism, Public Memory and the Right to Urban Space: an Examination of Equitable Development in Baltimore's Oldtown Historic District
(2014) Dublin, Jenna L.
This thesis explores the intersection of community planning and historic preservation in Baltimore City’s Oldtown historic district. While the historic district has preserved important architectural and social histories, it has thus far only functioned as a zoning boundary that restricts urban growth and has negatively impacted the neighborhood’s long-term prosperity. This study finds that the Oldtown historic district has also played critical roles in communicating Oldtown’s enduring racial inequality and traditions of local civil rights activism, as a physical record of failed urban renewal. Community groups are reclaiming the historic district as a space to understand and transform established urban planning practices that normalize racialized poverty and craft new political identities in the present. Oldtown highlights the need for critical analysis of historic districts' influence on social and economic development, and in turn, this study draws upon the assets of historic districts to position the urban zones as sites for innovative urban policies for cooperative enterprises that address structural and racial inequality.
A Comparative Study of Cremona Farm's Antebellum Tobacco Barns and Outbuildings as Resources in Regional Context
(2021) Bryan, Michael; Pogue, Dennis; Linebaugh, Donald
A 2019 University of Maryland Historic Preservation Program study at Cremona in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, uncovered the potential historical significance of an assemblage of antebellum domestic and agricultural outbuildings. Other well-preserved layers of architectural and landscape history exist at Cremona, creating an exemplary confluence of continuity and change. After a detailed examination of Cremona’s antebellum resources to establish the integrity of these structures, this paper details the results of two related yet distinct lines of inquiry to ascertain the historic significance of Cremona’s outbuildings as contributing resources. Detailed architectural investigations of three, dated barns at Cremona serve as a starting point for comparisons with other period (1797-1833) Southern Maryland barns. The paper particularly focuses on the functional details related to sheds, doors, and transverse intermediate sills. Cremona’s place in Southern Maryland’s antebellum era outbuilding landscape is investigated. After establishing statistical outbuilding use via 1798 Federal Direct Tax records, this study identifies comparable, extant outbuilding assemblages in the region in order to determine the significance of Cremona’s outbuildings.
Compton Bassett : balancing preservation and change : a cultural landscape report.
(2012) Anderson, Derek; Black, Caitlin; Gentry, John; Herrnstadt, Caitlin; Murphy, Lori; Robb, Michael; Tana Daniel
Situated along the Patuxent River in eastern Prince George’s County, Maryland, Compton Bassett is a former plantation site now owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC). The site began as a tobacco plantation in 1699, before broadening into wider agricultural use in the nineteenth century. After the Civil War, the site was shaped by the transition from enslaved to free labor, and in the twentieth century by the decline of the region’s large-scale tobacco cultivation. Throughout its history, relationships between natural and cultural resources have shaped the site. This report seeks to understand these connections, which have defined the Compton Bassett landscape. In order to accomplish this we employed a cultural landscape approach. We researched the history of the site and conducted an inventory of existing conditions, including physical resources on the site, demographics, and the planning and regulatory framework. From this research, we developed site themes, rethought the statement of significance, and developed recommendations for the site’s immediate and long term future. Our hope is that this report will inform future stewardship of the property.
Compton Bassett Chapel : a historic structure report.
(2013-05) Anderson, Derek Nevin; Linebaugh, Donald
The purpose of this historic structure report was to investigate the eighteenthcentury brick structure known as “the chapel,” located on the Compton Bassett property in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. All aspects of the chapel were investigated with the goal of providing treatment recommendations for this significant historic resource. At present, the chapel faces a number of serious structural issues that impact the preservation of the building. The chapel was investigated thoroughly in an attempt to understand its history, account for all conditions affecting the structure, and devise the most appropriate treatment plan for the building. In conjunction with this investigation, documentary evidence was used to develop a historical context for the building. The result is a thorough building history and set of specifically tailored treatment recommendations that can be used as a guide for the development of a preservation based management and treatment plan for the Compton Bassett chapel.
Connecting Students and Communities: A Case Study in Historic School Rehabilitation Vaux Big Picture High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(2023-10-12) Cargill, Christina Winnie; Linebaugh, Donald; Bierbaum, Ariel
This project takes a multidisciplinary pronged approach to community development, schools, and historic preservation using a case study of Vaux Big Picture High School, a successfully rehabilitated historic Philadelphia school that was closed and later returned to use as a neighborhood school. Through partner involvement and the incentives of a HUD choice neighborhood grant, the new school has the funds and resources to create essential social, health, and employment support resources for the students and outside community. This case study demonstrates that the school building is an important neighborhood asset and has significance beyond its architectural style or design. In addition, a greater understanding of local history can be appreciated and understood through a broader inquiry into social and cultural community history. The goal of this paper is to encourage preservationists to consider designing spaces with possible community-serving purposes in institutional buildings such as neighborhood schools.
The Conservation Movement in Pennsylvania: Developing a Historic Context and Guidelines for Evaluating State Forests and Parks
(2015) Guyton, Tyra
The removal of timber by lumber companies during the Industrial Revolution caused wide spread environmental degradation and spurred a movement to preserve forests. At a time when conservation was a new concept to a nation that had a history of exploiting its resources, Pennsylvania led the way and helped shape a national policy of managed use of forests. This project creates a historic context for the conservation movement in Pennsylvania and develops guidelines to evaluate state forests and parks for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places. In Pennsylvania, there are insufficient guidelines to evaluate these properties resulting in their underrepresentation on the National Register of Historic Places. Development of a thorough context for these properties will allow for the identification and evaluation of more resources and create a better understanding of the role that Pennsylvania’s conservation movement played in preserving forests and developing parks, both in the state and nationally.
Creating A Historic Context Study For The Old Ellicott City Jail
(2023-12-18) Adesina, Janet Ti-Oluwaleyi; Bissett, Rachel E.; Hutter, Chris; Mohammadi, Justin Seyed; Tannir, Joseph A.; Magalong, Michelle G.
HISP 650 (Historic Preservation Studio Workshop)students worked with Dr. Michelle Magalong (course instructor) and Preservation Maryland (studio client) on a historic context study on the old Ellicott City Jail. The students responded to Preservation Maryland’s Request for Proposals and spent the fall semester conducting archival research on the social and architectural history of the historic jail with topics on its association with the Underground Railroad and African American history and its lynching history. Lastly, students conducted research on the potential impacts of flooding and climate change.This Report is in response to Preservation Maryland’s Request For Proposals (RFP) to create a Historic Context Study for The Old Ellicott City Jail, also known as the Howard County Jail. It documents the history of the jail including important events and people involved with the various aspects of the jail. The project team developed a technical approach and timeline to create a context study that encompasses the history and role of the jail in Howard County, Maryland, and the people (slaves, inmates, wardens, and others) associated with the jail from its beginning in 1851 to its closing in the 1980s.

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