Historical/Architectural Services

• Surveyed all architectural resources 50 years old or older in an APE encompassing two primary corridors containing five possible alternatives, each approximately 13 miles in length. The width of the APE was a 3,000-ft corridor encompassing each alternative route. The APE was primarily rural/agricultural in character, although modern industrial and modern suburban areas also fell within the APE. Surveyed resources mostly consisted of farmsteads and houses.
• Conducted research to develop a historic context for the region. Also conducted research on specific buildings to help evaluate significance.
• Surveyors newly inventoried 18 properties and photographed 10 previously inventoried properties. Recommended three properties as eligible for NRHP; the SHPO agreed with two of the recommendations.

NRHP-eligible Italianate-style house in Howard County, Indiana.

• Primary task is to survey all architectural resources 50 years old or older for a several mile corridor study on I-83 between Exits 18 and 19.
• The study area consists of a broad mix of resources. There are National Register-listed resources, and numerous resources that require further study such as six subdivisions (one as early as 1903 and others dating to the Post World War II era), a rail line, early commercial properties, and several individual resources.
• A primary task was to research and prepare a historic context of suburban development from the early and mid-twentieth century.

Example of early suburban development found in the study area.

• Surveyed and photo-documented 10 architectural resources within a 31-acre APE located in downtown Kent. These resources included an NRHP-listed historic district and nineteenth and early-twentieth century commercial and industrial buildings.
• Researched and compiled historic background information on the development of Kent, and two structures located in the NRHP district, a ca. 1836 stone arch dam and a lock from the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal.
• Analyzed the effects of the proposed project on the historic district. Applied the criteria of adverse effect and concluded that the project would adversely impact the historic district, but would not impact other historic resources in the APE. The SHPO concurred with our determination of effect.
• Assisted the City of Kent and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, in developing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to mitigate the adverse effects of the project on the historic district. The mitigation measures included completing a HAER documentation of the affected historic properties, creating a historical interpretive park to replace the dam pool, and providing pedestrian access to the park and the river.
• Prepared a HAER documentation with a narrative format report, site plans, and more than 20 large format (4" x 5") black-and-white photographs of the dam, dam pool, P&O canal lock, and other historic structures in the district.

View from behind the arched dam in Kent.
Remnants of the P&O canal lock are to the left.

• Photographed each building extensively to document the existing conditions.
• Conducted research at the respective state historic preservation offices, state archives and libraries, courthouses, and local history libraries and museums to compile a detailed history of each property.
• Researched and compiled historic contexts on the twentieth century Federal Buildings Program, early-twentieth century architectural design of Federal buildings, and the local area in which each building is located.
• Analyzed and interpreted the data and determined that all four buildings meet the NRHP criteria for evaluation and are eligible for listing. The GSA concurred with our determinations of eligibility.
• Prepared a report for each building that included thorough descriptions of the building exteriors and interiors, a detailed history of the building, the historic contexts, and the assessment of historical significance and physical integrity.

Federal Building in St. Cloud, Minnesota.