School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation: Recent submissions
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Historic Structure Assessment: Joseph R. Poffenberger House Antietam National Battlefield Sharpsburg, MD
(2020-05)The Joseph Poffenberger House at Antietam National Battlefield Park has strong potential to be used as an interpretive element for a proposed program to host overnight guests in battle-era homes. Unfortunately, aside from ... -
Preservation Success or Failure? A Comparative Analysis of Historic Bridge Marketing Programs in the United States
(2020-05)In 1987, Congress passed the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act to foster the preservation and rehabilitation of historic bridges. The law required the recipients of federal funding make any ... -
Changing Landscapes: Farmsteads & Resort Towns
(Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS), 2019)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 ... -
Death in the Round: A Critique of Funeral Architecture and Burial Practices
(2019)Traditional Cemeteries are known for their groomed, grass lawns with headstones denoting rows of graves. These environments often use vast swaths of land and serve as biological monocultures with one purpose—to hold people ... -
Connecting Crossroad: Designing an Equitable Future for Langley Park and The International Corridor
(2019)Langley Park is a largely low-income community in Prince George and Montgomery County Maryland with a majority of foreign-born residents and a mix of small businesses and relatively dense multifamily housing. The arrival ...