Reintegrating Public History and Environmental Education: Preservation and Interpretation of an Architectural Ruin at Java Plantation, Edgewater, Maryland

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dc.contributor.authorRuck, January M.
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-08T15:08:44Z
dc.date.available2008-09-08T15:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2008-05
dc.descriptionThis document has had referenced material removed in respect for the owner's copyright. A complete version of this document, which includes said referenced material, resides in the University of Maryland, College Park's library collection. Final project submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland, College Park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Historic Preservation, 2008."/ "HISP 700 Spring 2008"--Cover./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117).en
dc.description.abstractThe mansion ruin at Java Plantation in Edgewater, Maryland, has deteriorated significantly since its abandonment as a dwelling in 1923. Located on a hilltop overlooking the Rhode River, a Chesapeake Bay tributary, the remains of a five-part Georgian mansion are anchored by a landscape that retains the rural character of its agricultural past. On-going archaeological investigation, along with recent transition from private control to ownership by the neighboring Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, makes the Java Plantation site unique among historic resources. This study provides an argument justifying the expenditure of financial and human resources for stabilization of the Java Plantation ruins based on an interpretation plan that partners public history with environmental education objectives. In addition, this investigation offers the field of preservation an example of how stabilized ruins may function as features on the landscape where heritage preservation and environmental conservations interests intersect in literal and symbolic ways.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8405
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSchool of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation
dc.relation.isAvailableAtHistoric Preservation Program
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectHistoric sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County.en
dc.subjectHistoric preservation -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County.en
dc.subjectPlantations -- Conservation and restoration -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County.en
dc.subjectPublic history -- Environmental aspects -- Maryland -- Anne Arundel County.en
dc.subjectJava Plantation (Edgewater, Md.)en
dc.titleReintegrating Public History and Environmental Education: Preservation and Interpretation of an Architectural Ruin at Java Plantation, Edgewater, Marylanden
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