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Angel Island Immigration Station: Major Steps for Preserving a National Treasure Stewards by Daniel Quan by Mary L. Leach
ROM 1910 TO 1940, ANGEL ISLAND Station was designated a National Historic Immigration Station, located in the Landmark in 1997. HE NATIONAL HISTORIC FSan Francisco Bay, was the primary The immigration station is part of Angel Landmark Stewards Association if entry for immigrants arriving on Island State Park, a unit of the California T (NHLSA) has taken the first the West Coast. Its most significant role Department of Parks and Recreation. The major steps in becoming a national organi was as a detainment center for Chinese movement to preserve and restore it has zation. Its Articles of Incorporation and its immigrants, who were subject to exclusion been led by the Angel Island Immigration Bylaws were recently filed in the ary immigration laws from 1882 until Station Foundation, a volunteer group that Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In addi 1943. While detained, many Chinese successfully lobbied for $250,000 in state tion, its 501(c)(3) application for recogni immigrants carved poignant, emotional funds for initial stabilization of the deten tion as a charitable organization is being poems into the walls of the detention bar tion barracks, thereby allowing the building finalized for submission to the Internal racks. Over 100 poems have been docu to be opened to the public. Since then, no Revenue Service. In the meantime, the mented, many of which are still visible other public or private funds have been University of Maryland Foundation has today. For this reason and because the sta secured to continue the preservation effort. agreed to receive charitable contributions tion played a key role in the shaping of the The landmark designation provided the on behalf of the NHLSA. Supporting American West. Angel Island Immigration continues on page 4 membership gifts totaling over $6,000 from individuals and organizations interested in its mission have been received. In late January, a Nominating Committee was appointed and charged with developing a national Board. Andrea Lazarski, New York State Capital NHL. agreed to chair this comrnittee along with Russ and Jackie Mariott, General Floyd House NHL, and Florence Leon, Hermitage NHL, assisted by Vicki Sandstead of the National Park Service.
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Carved Chinese poetry in the detention barracks. Angel Island Immigration Station, California. Photo courtesy Daniel Quan, 1999. Grants to NHLs . . . page 12 MEDIA AMD COMMUNICATIONS
In 2000 and Beyond by Paula Cook
S WE TURN OUR CALENDARS THIS YEAR, our communication with you, our circle of National we enjoy the timely opportunity to reflect on Historic Landmark owners and friends. Aour success as a growing program and plan In this issue of National Historic Landmarks for our contribution to the continuing preservation Network, learn about on-going activities of the and appreciation of National Historic Landmarks. National Historic Landmarks program in This year you will notice changes in how we pro Stewardship News; find out about Grants to NHLs; vide public outreach. In response to your concerns, hear from the National Historic Landmark Stewards we have given National Hutoric Laridrrwrks Network a Association about its growing success as well as activ new look. We are also in the process of expand ities of other NHL friends groups, NPS collabora ing our program web site to provide greater and more tions and recent NHL designations in National effective access to technical information. We have News; read about NHL-related activities of the developed a multimedia presentation all about Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the National Historic Landmarks we hope will serve National Trust for Historic Preservation in stewards in communicating the importance of these Partnership News; and note news items of import in most significant historic resources. We have also pub Bits in Bytes. lished a directory of service providers through a part We look forward to continuing to provide quality nership between the National Park Service and the assistance to you, our readers, both in 2000 and National Trust for Historic Preservation as part of a beyond. continuing effort to identify who can assist you with your particular National Historic Landmark needs. Paula Cook coordinates media and communications including National Historic Landmarks Network, for the National Historic Landmarks Our efforts in this year, as in the past, are to improve Assistance Initiative, National Park Service
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Published by the National Park Service The National Park Service is dedicated to Robert Stanton conserving unimpaired the natural and cultural Director resources of the National Park System for the Kathcrinc H. Stevenson Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships enjoyment, education and inspiration of this John Robbins and future generations. Manager, National Center for Cultural Resources The Service is also responsible for managing a Joseph T. \\.ilhs great variety of national and international Acting Chief, Heritage Preservation Services programs designed to help extend the benefits Frank J. J. Miele of natural and cultural resource conservation and Editor Senior Historian, Southeast Regional Office outdoor recreation throughout Susan Eschcrich this country and the world. Coordinator, National Historic Landmarks Assistance Initiative Paula Cook NHL Network Coordinator Jerry Buckbinder Production Manager
National Historic Landmarks Network is published hiannually and is free of charge. Articles may be submitted to Frank J. J. Miele, Editor, NHL Network, NPS Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta Federal Center, 1924 Building, 100 Alabama St., SW, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303. Phone 404.562.3171. E:mail
ALASKA Gary Gauthier, NPS Superintendent of Sitka National Kake Cannery Historical Park, pres ents the Kake Cannery NHL plaque Receives Plaque to Samuel Jackson, by Janet Clemens President of the Organized Village of Kake. Photo courtesy Janet Clemens AKE CANNERY, LOCATED 90 miles southeast of Juneau, is K Alaska's newest National Historic Landmark. The cannery owners, the Organized Village of Kake, invited the expected to take place in Kake, stormy who worked for the cannery. Mr. Jackson National Park Service to present the NHL weather cancelled all scheduled also thanked NPS Alaska Support Office plaque during their community's tradition flights-leaving the NPS delegation and the staff Sande Anderson, Steve Peterson, and al "Kake Day" celebration held in early President of the Organized Village of Kake Linda Cook for their support and technical January. Annually, the event provides stuck at the Juneau airport. In the spirit of assistance over several years. The NPS pre opportunities for the Kake people to "the show must go on," Gary Gauthier, pared HAER documentation as well as the remember and commemorate their history. NPS Superintendent of Sitka National NHL nomination for the cannery. The Kake Cannery is central to this cele Historical Park, presented Samuel Jackson. The Kake Cannery NHL stewards are bration, especially for residents who President of the Organized Village of Kake. seeking funding to restore some of the his remember the days when the cannery was with the hefty bronze plaque in a quiet cor toric buildings for community and tourism the economic mainstay of the community ner of the airport. uses. mployed their relatives and friends, Superintendent Gauthier spoke words nile in operation, the Kake Cannery of appreciation for the efforts of both the Janet Clemens is National Register Historian with C the Alaska Support Office, National Park Service was a self-contained site where workers Organized Village of Kake and local resi lived during the entire salmon season. The dents, especially Mike and Edna Jackson, large industrial-style buildings are charac to preserve the cannery. Mr. Jackson spoke teristic of most salmon canneries erected in of memories about his father and others Alaska in the late 19th and early 20th-cen- turies. The buildings reflect the catching, vate homeowners (Rancho Los Alamos), processing, and canning of North Pacific CALIFORNIA National Parks (Yosemite), private institu salmon and the housing of Alaska Native, tions (San Francisco Presidio) and cities Euro-American, Oriental. Filipino, African Stewards Meet (San Francisco Cable Cars). The meeting American, and other foreign labor cannery was organized by Michael Crowe, NHL employees. The cannery has a strong cul in Monterey Coordinator in the NPS San Francisco tural link with the Tlingit Natives who by Michael Crowe Office and Matilde Gil, graduate student fished and worked at the cannery and con intern from Madrid, Spain. They were tributed to its labor force. A unique feature assisted by NPS staff from Washington. of the main cannery building exterior is the HE HISTORIC SETTING FOR THE Boston, and Philadelphia. The meeting was "Lucky Lady" mural that noted Tlingit first meeting of NHL owners and held in conjunction with the California artist Charlie Gunnock painted in a Pacific stewards from California and T Preservation Foundation annual meeting. Northwest Indian style in the early 1900s. Nevada was Monterey, California. The Next year, the NHL stewards meeting will Because of steady use, the sprawling meeting was held Thursday, April 13 at the be held in San Diego, either in Balboa Park complex remained in good condition until NHL Cooper-Molera Adobe, also a or at the Hotel Del Coronado, both NHLs. 1977, when the cannery closed indefinitely National Trust property. Approximately 35 several years of poor salmon runs. people gathered to meet and discuss ideas Michael Crowe is an Architectural Historian and and issues relevant to the group. The Coordinator of the NHL Program with the '1 ms is the only cannery that has been des Pacific Great Basin Support Office, ignated a National Historic Landmark. NHLs represented ranged from education National Park Service Although the plaque ceremony was al institutions (Stanford University), pri
I CALIFORNIA struggling with internal organization, one of the 11 Most Endangered catapulted Foundation members actively sought Angel Island into the national spotlight in springboard for the Immigration Station avenues for funding site preservation. 1999. With momentum gathered, Foundation to reinvigorate the preservation Public relations soon played a key role in California State legislators were called campaign. the visibility and credibility of the organi upon to lend their support to the pr Five years ago, the Foundation launched zation. Public awareness continues through The result was a state appropriati I an awareness campaign in conjunction with on-site media events, newspaper articles, $400,000 for planning and initial imple its application for National Historic television and radio interviews, and the mentation, and inclusion of a $15 million Landmark status. What resulted was a touring exhibit program. line item for the immigration station in a traveling exhibition and speakers program Following landmark designation, the California State Parks bond measure that that has been touring the country for four Foundation focused on the strategic part passed in March 2000. First Lady Hillary years. The campaign provided a platform nerships needed to achieve its preservation Rodham Clinton lent her support by deliv for networking with legislators, public goals. A cooperative agreement was devel ering the keynote speech at a fundraising agencies, and community groups to raise oped with the Angel Island Immigration event co-sponsored by the Foundation and awareness and form alliances. Station, the California Department of Parks the National Trust's Save Americas Through this process, the Foundation and Recreation, and the National Park Treasures Program. realized it did not have a clear preservation Service. Interest was expressed by Senator With both Federal support and private vision nor the internal structure to support Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), who authored support from the National Trust, the Getty a long-range project. Rather than plunging legislation providing $100,000 in seed Trust, and numerous regional foundations, ahead, it took one step back to re-evaluate. money to study the feasibility of an immi the Immigration Station Foundation has Board development and recruitment was gration museum project in the San been able to, "leap tall buildings in a single tackled first. Next came the transition from Francisco area; possibly on Angel Island. bound." With Foundation building blocks an all-volunteer board to one with a pro National recognition has been bolstered in place, the group is now poised to tackle fessional staff and an operating budget. through three National Trust grants to building assessments, feasibility studies, Concurrently, the mission and vision of the study preservation of the station. The and master planning-the elements neces organization and the type and extent of Station was designated an Official Save sary to guide future preservation and programs that could be supported were America's Treasures project by the restoration efforts. considered. For the past few years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This opened the door for nomination as Daniel Quan is an architect and interpretive organization has been in a fluid state as designer who is a board member and past presioem of policies, plans, and solutions have been one of the National Trust's "11 Most the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. He currently coordinates preservation studies at the debated, instituted, and refined. While Endangered Sites in America." Inclusion as Immigration Station
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation's workplan illus trating the many steps and rela tionships involved in developing this project. Chart courtesy Daniel Quan.
4 The Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill in The Shenandoah-Dives Mill NHL company rented a mill until the Silverton, Colorado in the 1930s. Photo courtesy the San Juan County Historical Society, nomination was the culmination of a joint Shenandoah-Dives Mill was built. Through Silverton, Colorado. project with the San Juan County booms and busts, the Shenandoah-Dives Historical Society, the Town of Silverton, mine and mill weathered the market, even COLORADO the University of Colorado at Denver, and tually playing a critical role in supplying the Intermountain Region Support Office- base metals to manufacturers supporting Denver, National Park Service. In the US military preparedness during World Colorado Mill absence of a National Historic Landmark War II. Eventually, overseas markets seri Achieves NHL theme study on 20th-century mining, the ously affected the American mining indus nomination required a thorough study of try, and after 63 years of operation, the Status the nation's metal flotation mills from the Shenandoah-Dives Mill closed in 1992. by Dawn Bunyak development of flotation for commercial The Shenandoah-Dives Mill contains use in 1905 through 1959, when this size virtually all of its working components mill became obsolete. This overview of enclosed within a 1,000-ton mill complex. N FEBRUARY 16, 2000, THE flotation mills in the United States was The complex displays all of the buildings Secretary of the Interior des dependent upon the assistance of numer and processes illustrative of flotation O ignated the Shenandoah- ous Federal and State agencies, as well as milling, including conveyance to the mill Dives Mill in Silverton, Colorado, a private mining and milling companies. The by aerial tramway, mill building, conveyors National Historic Landmark. The result of this research is a published survey, and crushing plant, administrative and Shenandoah-Dives is the first 20th-century Frothers, Bubbles and Flotation, by Dawn operations office, machine shop (a com flotation mill to be added to this presti Bunyak, which provides a framework for plete inventory of equipment), and fully gious listing. It is also the 16th National identifying and preserving milling and min equipped metallurgical lab/assay office. Historic Landmark designated in the state ing resources. The Shenandoah-Dives Mill The mill building contains all of its original of Colorado, with the last designation in NHL demonstrates how partnership technological components (flotation cells, 1987. The Shenandoah-Dives Mill, which between local, State, and Federal entities classifiers, filters, and crushers) demon is locally referred to as the "Mayflower can further the preservation of nationally strating the evolution of the 20th-century Mill" after the Mayflower mine portal on significant sites and structures. mining and milling industry and the prod King Solomon Mountain, is two miles Constructed in 1929, the Shenandoah- ucts it made available to manufacturing in northeast of Silverton on Highway 110. Dives Mill was designed for milling base the era of American industrialization. The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is national metal ores (gold, silver, copper, lead, and After numerous public hearings and ly significant for its exceptional integrity as zinc) from low-grade gold ore by the flota amendment of mining permits, the an early 20th-century flotation mill, reflect tion method. In the summer of 1925, a Sunnyside Gold Corporation donated the ing America's mining heritage and the evo group of Kansas City, Missouri, capitalists "Mayflower" Mill to the San Juan County lution of important milling practices in contracted Charles Chase of Denver to Historical Society in 1995. Silverton com •rock mining operations primarily travel to the San Juan Mountains in south memorated the donation of the mill with a ,d in the Rocky Mountain West. It is western Colorado to locate and purchase a gala celebration. "The historic the only intact and fully functional mill of gold mine for their investors. By 1927, the Shenandoah-Dives Mill was saved from its type, and is one of only four extant Shenandoah-Dives Mining Company was demolition and mills of this size remaining in the US. formed and began mining operations. The continues on page 6 5 destruction," said Beverly Rich, San Juan Historical Society are proud to have saved arranged by calling the San Juan County County Treasurer. "The community is a national treasure." Historical Society at 970.387.0294. The mill especially proud now that the mill has been The mill, an interpreted site, is open to is located two miles north of Silverton on awarded Landmark status. We knew all the public from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Colorado Highway 110 and 56 miles north along what an important place this com daily, beginning Memorial Day through of Durango on Highway 550. plex has been in our local history, and now mid-September. Tours, led by retired min J its importance nationally is known as well. ers and mill men, are every half-hour Dawn Bunyak is a Historian with the Silverton and the San Juan County throughout the day. Special tours can be Intermountain Support Office-Denver, National Park Service
FLORIDA ous pre-1821 buildings still standing within decades of archeological investigations con the historic district. The first day's tour con ducted within the town area, nor does it cluded with a summation of the current contain a complete listing of all of the pre- St. Augustine state of the NHL nomination for the St. 1821 Spanish colonial buildings known to Augustine Town Plan Historic District. exist in St. Augustine. Additionally, the Field Trip On the second day, the park rangers at NHL nominadon does not include the out by Mark R. Barnes the Castillo provided an in-depth tour of lying defensive works of the old Spanish the old coquina stone fort of San Marcos. town. The students were able to get an up-close Previously, SCAD students worked on a ATIONAL PARK SERVICE STAFF view of the old fort and ask questions long-range, four-year project to inventory from the Castillo de San Marcos regarding the present NPS efforts to stabi the approximately 1,500 historic buildings N National Monument and the lize and preserve this national resource. For in the Savannah Historic District in an Southeast Regional Office (SERO) played those hardy enough, the tour moved south effort to assist SERO in revising the NHL host to preservation students from the to visit Fort Matanzas, which guards the nomination form for this resource. Other Savannah College of Art and Design's southern approach to St. Augustine. SCAD students have helped NPS by revis (SCAD) Historic Preservation Department Superintendent Gordie Wilson and the ing older NHL nomination forms for the during a field trip to St. Augustine, Florida. park staff are all to be commended for their Scarborough House in Savannah, Georgia, SCAD's Historic Preservation Department support of this tour and for providing the and by conducting background researr' currently has one of the largest enrollments students with such a great preservation new NHL nominations, such as Fort j. among the historic preservation degree pro experience. Jackson, located down river from grams in the nation. The department SCAD and SERO hope this field trip Savannah, and recently designated by the Chair, Hector Abreu, accompanied the stu will develop into a student project to revise Secretary of the Interior as an NHL. dents on the field trip. He has encouraged and enhance the present St. Augustine In 2000, SERO will be meeting with students to visit National Historic NHL nomination. The current nomination professors and students in historic preserva Landmarks in the coastal area of the south does not include any information on the tion programs throughout the southeast to eastern United States and to work encourage them to work in con with the NPS in enhancing the doc junction with the NPS in visiting umentation on existing landmarks NHLs, acquiring new photos and as part of their training in historic slides, and conducting assess preservation. ments of the information needed On the first day, the SCAD stu to upgrade the present documen dents were treated to a visit of an tation on these nationally signifi archeological excavation being con cant properties. In this manner, ducted by the St. Augustine City SERO will be able to accomplish Archeologist, Carl Halbirt. Mr. a great deal of site visitation and Halbirt discussed the history of information gathering with the archeological investigations within assistance of preservation stu the old Spanish town and specifical dents, who gain valuable experi ly his new excavation on St. George ence towards a career in historic Street near the City Gates. preservation. Following this, Mark Barnes of the NPS- i Students from the SCAD Preservation Department Mark R. Barnes is an Archeologist WK ^' SERO continued the tour of the St. during their tour of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Southeast Regional Office, Augustine, Florida. Department Chair Hector Abreu Augustine Town Plan Historic District, National Park Service (right). Ranger Frank Suddeth (left), who led the tour. describing the history of the development Behind him is costumed interpreter John Cipriani. of the Spanish town and visiting the numer- Photo Courtesy Mark R. Barnes, 1999.
6 MICHIGAN Mackinac Island NHL Updated by Katherine Cederholm
ACKINAC ISLAND'S INVOLVE- ment in the expansion of the M Old Northwest and the island's role as a military and fur trading outpost prior to 1830 were the basis for its designa tion as an NHL in 1960. This year, a revised nomination is being presented to update the island's NHL status. The amendment expands the designation to include the entire island and its acclaim as a fashionable tourist destination since the mid-19th century. The resort area endowed the island with luxurious summer cottages A 1909 view of Fort Mackinac, featuring the upper story. Ms. Copeland emphasized the staffs and premier inns and hotels, including the gun platform and the west end of the village. preparation of an effective application for a Photo courtesy Mackinac State Historic Parks, Michigan. 1887 Grand hotel. Federal Save America's Treasures grant for Mackinac Island is located in the straits $2.65 million. A visit from First Lady of Mackinac, between the upper and lower with the farthest traveling from Alaska. Hillary Rodham Clinton also assisted in peninsulas of Michigan. Over 80 percent of While the Stewards came from all over the this NHLs's preservation efforts. Jane '' island is under the jurisdiction of country and from an incredibly diverse Couch, fundraising consultant, spoke to inac State Historic Parks. The island number of sites, once together, they learned the plenary session on best approaches for retains its historic atmosphere through a that they had many things in common the NHLSA to raise money for its purpos ban on motorized vehicles and through besides working with an NHL. The stew es. Jim Pepper, from die Northeast Region dedication to preserving its heritage of orig ards organized into five affinity groups by of the NPS, also addressed the plenary ses inal buildings and features. ownership-type for in-depth discussions on sion, providing insight on ways the needs and solutions for NHLs. NHLSA can proceed in advocating for Katherine Cederholm is Museum Educator with the Mackinac Island State Park Commission A great deal of time was also spent on NHLs. the National Historic Landmark Stewards By the conclusion of the Congress, the Association (NHLSA), the newly formed Stewards had a clear sense of what was NEW JERSEY non-profit group organized to preserve, needed for all NHLs throughout the protect, and promote all NHLs in the coun nation. During the closing session, try. The NHLSA hosted an opening recep Stewards summarized the affinity group Cape May tion on Monday evening. During the discussions, focusing on a list of goals for Congress reception, the NHLSA working committee NHLs and how the NPS, the NHLSA and invited all NHL stewards to sign a ceremo NHLs themselves can accomplish these A Success! nial charter for the organization, in support goals. Some of the goals identified by the by Lisa Kolakowsky Smith of the formation of the group. Stewards were advocacy, education of the Marie Rust, Director of the Northeast public on NHL existence and significance, Region of the National Park Service, and outreach to all NHL stewards OR THE FIRST TIME, NHL STEW- opened the meeting on behalf of Robert throughout the nation. Sharon Park spoke ards from all over the nation joined Stanton, Director of the National Park on behalf of the NPS, offering support for Ftogether for a Congress in Cape Service, who was unable to attend. a variety of issues to benefit NHLs includ New Jersey to discuss, what else? Stephanie Copeland, Director of Edith ing facilitating relationships between iv-uonal Historic Landmarks! Wharton's home, The Mount-an NHL in Superintendents of National Parks and Stewards from 16 states and the District Massachusetts-shared the compelling story Stewards of NHLs, publishing "success of Columbia, including attendees from all 7 of her restoration project and how the stories" of NHLs on the website, continued regions of the NPS attended the Congress, NHL turned from dire straits to a success continues on page 8 support for NHL Congresses, and the Prison has also been featured many times like tropical Malaysia in Philadelphia in NHLSA. on television in documentaries and other December! The poor extras were in The Congress lasted for four informa spots. For example, CSPAN did a one-hour shorts, tank tops, and sandals and were tion-filled days and gave the Stewards a lot live spot from Philadelphia and filmed the constandy sprayed with water to look like of time to get to know each other and to entire show from the Prison. That was they were perspiring. They had to sue sympathize with each other's needs. The nerve wracking. When Dan Rather broad ice cubes so their breath wouldn't si. Congress was coordinated by the staff of cast live from Philadelphia a few months We were all bundled up watching-and the the Northeast region of the NPS with the ago, he listed quirky Philadelphia museums cold quickly moves through your feet in support and assistance of the other regions. and included the Prison. There have been the Prison in winter. a few documentaries as well, like the hour- I also liked watching the way they cov long show on the History Channel and two ered things. They used shelves to cover PENNSYLVANIA BBC shows. They finished one in October radiators because there would be no radia that will air on A&E and filmed one on tors in Malaysia. The paint matched per- Hooray for Supermax Prisons that opens with Eastern fecdy; it was even peeling paint. They also State and will air in the fall. extended walls. You would tap on them Hollywood or LMKS: This is a pretty exciting adven and they would be Styrofoam. They also "Lights, Camera, ture. How are you chosen to be in a movie? built a guard box onto the front of the SK: We don't do anything. Actually, Prison and perfecdy matched the stone. Action!" they come to us. The City (of Philadelphia) Another interesting thing was the Jaguar by Lisa Kolakowsky Smith has a great Film Office that directs site car used for a scene in the movie. AJaguar scouts our way. mechanic travelled from New York for the LMKS: So let's get down to business. days they used the car. It may seem like an N OUR FIRST INSTALLMENT OF Is it lucrative? expensive thing to have a mechanic just in "Hooray for Hollywood," we learned SK: It is lucrative. For a commercial case, but if the car breaks down, there I how an NHL was using the power of shoot, we bill on a floating scale, based on would be 180 people standing around. It's Hollywood to restore the engines and cars the size of the crew, including the talent. all about time and making things faster and that are crucial to the understanding of the Part of the use contract includes paying for smoother. B&O Railroad Roundhouse. In this issue, an employee to be on-site at all times dur LMKS: Did you keep arty of the we will learn about what it is like to have ing filming. We require one employee for SK:We photographed the additions ~^c the masses from Hollywood descend on an every 25 crew members. This is in addition didn't keep any. NHL to shoot a major motion picture, or to a location fee. We are also strict with our LMKS: How long did it take to shoot two, or three- fees. We always charge a half-day mini Return to Paradise? Lisa Kolakowsky Smith recently inter mum, no matter how litde time is actually SK: It took 15 days. Of course, the viewed Sean Kelly, Program Director of spent in the Prison. Prison had to be closed for all 15 days, so Eastern State Penitentiary, an NHL in LMKS: Is the fee structure different for we would never do this during tour season. Philadelphia. They met to discuss the expe different purposes ? We have done shoots when the Prison is rience Sean and the Penitentiary staff have SK:Yes. For documentaries about the open in restricted areas that are not on the had with Hollywood-the good and the building, access is free. For still photogra tour. We would never consider closing the bad. Their discussion follows. phy, the fee is a litde less than for commer- site from tours or doing anything that LMKS: What movies have been ical shoots. would disturb the tour program. Film filmed in the Prison? LMKS: What is the most interesting shoots support the museum with money SK: Return to Paradise and 12 Monkeys. part of making movies in the Prison? but not the other way around. The Prison was also the set for Tma SK: It would have to be during Return LMKS: So, what are the benefits of Turner's music video for Return to to Paradise. It was fascinating to watch the film-making at a historic site? Thunderdome. It has also been the set for a filming. Do you know, they can't mix arti SK: A great thing about the making of bunch of "B" movies and four rap videos. ficial and natural light? It has to be one or Return to Paradise was what the crew left LMKS: What about being featured in the other. The crew liked the building behind. When the Prison was closed, the other media? because of the light. But, they put tents City of Philadelphia sold off the metal SK: Well, Anthropologic (a clothing over the buildings in which they were doors for scrap. The film crew replaced store) just shot their new catalog here. shooting and used stadium lights to simu the doors with balsa wood and did • ESPN shot photos of the Temple basket late natural light. In real life, it looked cold absolutely convincing job of accurate^ ball team for their Halloween magazine and blue but in the movie, it was very con ating the historic appearance. The original issue. There were also still photos of two vincing. doors were 400 pounds and the new ones new bands, Danzig and Silver Chair, Another interesting part of making that are 10 pounds and much easier to use for although I don't know who they are! The movie was trying to make the Prison look continues on page 9 8 our purposes. While this isn't a recom smoking. We also specify in the locadon Festival last summer. We showed 12 mended preservation treatment, we at least agreement or contract that we can end the Monkeys in the parking lot adjacent to the have functional doors. shoot at any point for any reason. Finally, Prison and over 800 people attended. The publicity is also good but we do it you must make the renter get a certificate LMKS: What have you learned from 'y for the money. The year we did of insurance. In our case, the City of your experiences? n to Paradise, we realized significant rev Philadelphia as owner is an additional SK: Start negotiations high for site fees. enue from the project. So much of our insurer. When you ask for the fees, you can't just money is restricted, it is rare to get a big LMKS: How do you feel about how the be vague. Their heads should snap back. If chunk of money to use for basics like keep Prison is depicted in film or photography? they don't, you've asked for too litde. For ing the lights on and cleaning the bath SK: In 12 Monkeys, the site was unrec Return to Paradise, two guys came into the room. No one wants to pay for toilet paper! ognizable as a prison. We were amazed that office with cameras in a black bag and said LMKS: Do the benefits of filming out they built a soundstage they could have they were filming a small film. We didn't weigh the costs to the site? built in London. Maybe the Prison was just know and negotiated from that. They SK: They don't. Part of the cost for mood for the actors. ended up renting two floors of the filming pays for our employees. The crew In Return to Paradise, it was really won Wyndham Hotel for the film! They would of Return to Paradise had 180 people on crew derful how they captured the mood of the have been willing to pay three times more which we weren't ready for so they ended place even though it was supposed to be in than we asked. up getting away with murder. We never Malaysia. Again, they were here for the No one that big has come back ...yet. It saw that happen before and hope never to character of the Prison. They did some will happen. You just never know how see it again. On another note, film making amazing things in the filming, though. much they can afford. is a different experience for different prop They took out the whole streetscape, LMKS: Sean, thanks for talking with erty types. If our site was a small house which was crazy but a lot of fun. Besides me. As we end, what advice would you museum, I would be very nervous, but this the buildings, they removed their trailers, leave for your fellow NHL stewards look building isn't fragile so it works well for too. But if you look closely in the movie, ing to get into the film location business? movies. they matted the foreground and side but SK: First, insurance is essential-$lmil LMKS: What are some of the dangers forgot the distance so you can see the lion per occurrence, $2 million total. to the site that your colleagues should be London Grill restaurant in the back Second, wearing ID tags for crews -of? ground! should be mandatory and in the contract. _»K: Film crews take a toll on the build LMKS: Do you market your film Third, have a primary contact on the ing and there is no getting around it. At the experience? crew who is responsible for the rules. Prison, it is not so visible because there are SK: No, not really. We do mention it Finally, get a big security deposit. no pristine surfaces. Of course, with 180 on tours though. We also had a film night Lisa Kolakowsky Smith is an Architectural Historian people crawling around, it can take its toll. during the Sonoco Welcome America with the NHL Program in the Philadelphia Support In the early days, we didn't read them the Office, National Park Service riot act. Now, the rules are very clear upfront and we review guidelines carefully. The film site manager should also identify a person on the crew who will be responsi ble for the acdons of all of the crew so they have to police themselves and you only have to formally deal with one crew per son. One experience we had with the crew of Return to Paradise was funny. It was made clear to the crew that the Prison gate was to be manned or locked at all times. The sec ond time we found the gate unmanned and unlocked, we padlocked the gate. They solved this issue among themselves quickly. Getting them to idendfy fault and responsi ve1' •' within their own group forces them accountable. Drafting a good contract is also VERY important. In ours, we state that the renter can't tape or nail to any surface, there can Filming at Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia. be no open flames of any kind, and no Photo courtesy Eastern State Penitentiary. '> NEW MEXICO as poor site drainage around the exterior. A movement and/or moisture do not indicate condition assessment report was then pro a need for urgent action. The roof, roof duced and the building was carefully exam drains, and the concrete adjacent to the Condition ined for potential threats. walls are the areas where threats are most Despite indications of threats, the struc critical. ^- Assessment ture's general condition is fairly good. After Included in the report, too, were re». ^/ Completed in the roof, the second critical area in any mendations for developing a monitoring adobe structure is the lower part of the strategy, selecting preservation treatments, Rancbos de Taos adobe walls where the weight of the entire and identifying potential funding sources. by Catherine Colby structure is concentrated. Loss of structural Catherine Colby is with the Intermountain Support integrity at the base could result in the com Office-Santa Fe, National Park Service plete loss of the wall. Testing and analysis HE SPANIARDS SETTLED IN showed that the present, visible signs of northern New Mexico in the 17th Tcentury. By about 1779, they established one of the first permanent set- dements eight miles south of the Pueblo of Taos. Around 1800, the community of Ranchos de Taos chose St. Francis of Assisi as patron saint and began the process of obtaining approval to construct their church. Originally constructed about 1815, the church stood at the center of the village plaza measuring 800 feet by 400 feet. The historic plaza and the church, enduring symbols of the Spanish Colonial era, are each National Historic Landmarks. Of the church at Ranchos de Taos, historian John Kessel has written, "It is still the essence of religious architecture in New Mexico." The church of San Francisco de Asis, its name in Spanish, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. It is a superlative example of New Mexico mis sion architecture. The churchyard, or campo santo, is enclosed by adobe walls. Two cor ner bell towers flank the entrance elevation of the church, but the features that most distinctly define the character of the build ing are its massive, sculptural earthen but tresses. Rehabilitation that included replace ment of historic structural materials occurred between 1904 and 1942. In the late 1960s, the mud plaster on the exterior was replaced with cement stucco. A decade later, it was removed, returning the surface to the traditional material, and the roof was replaced. By 1999, Father Tim Martinez was con cerned about signs of potential moisture problems in the adobe walls of the church, particularly where the floor was lower than Sculptural buttresses of the massive church at Rancho de Taos, New Mexico. Photo courtesy Betsy Swanson. the earth outside. He observed cracking and decayed plaster in the interior as well 10 WASHINGTON DISCOVER THE PLACES THAT MAKE AMERICA GREAT!
Pacific Northwest The definitive guide to the country's NHLs, NATIONAL vield School Helps LANDMARKS. AMERICA'S TREASURES: The National Park Foundation's Complete NHL Guide to National Historic by Gretchen Luxenberg Landmarks, is now available. Written by S. Allen Chambers, Jr., with a fore word by Hillary Rodham OR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE Clinton. Columbia-Cascades Support Office Read about such nationally of the National Park Service in F significant places as the Seattle has been a co-sponsor of the Pacific Mark Twain House (Connecticut), Helen Keller's Northwest Field School. This classroom childhood home (Alabama), and hands-on bricks and mortar summer the Little Tokyo Historic program is a joint effort between universi District (California), and the site of the first ties and government agencies, including the detonation of a nuclear University of Oregon (Eugene), Oregon device (New Mexico). State University (Corvallis), the Oregon Organized by state and SHPO, Oregon Parks and Recreation county, the book describes each National Historic Department, Washington State Parks and Landmark, and includes 380 Recreadon Commission, the Washington illustrations. SHPO, and the National Park Service. The For more information about school is the only program of its kind in the this book, contact John Wiley & Sons at Northwest and provides individuals—both 1.800.225.5945, or e:mail working in preservation and contemplating
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MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE PENNSYLVANIA Old Fort Western Canterbury Philadelphia in Augusta Shaker Village HE HERITAGE INVESTMENT program, funded by Pew LD FORT WESTERN IN AUGUSTA, ANTERBURY SHAKER VILLAGE IN Charitable Trusts and adminis Canterbury, New Hampshire, T Maine, has received two grants: tered through the Preservation Alliance for C received $500,000 from the Greater Philadelphia, announced its first o National Endowment for the Humanities. $1,000 awarded by New Century Arts grants recipients. Eleven recipients, eight k Heritage Program, a partnership of the This grant will be used to kick off an $8.5 of which were NHLs, received grants Maine Arts Commission and the Maine million capital campaign for work at the ranging from $7,410 to $150,000, for a Humanities Council, in support of the site. Designed, built, and inhabited by total of $554,910, in support of both fort's winter lecture series, "George Shakers for over 200 years, Canterbury planning and implementation projects. Washington's World," a ten-program series Shaker Village is considered among the The eight NHL recipients were: most intact and authentic of the surviving with the goal of examining Washington's $150,000 awarded to Eastern State Shaker villages and is the largest, most suc political legacy at the bicentennial of his Penitentiary for roof restoration and interi cessful and best known of America's 19th- death. or repair of Cell Bock One; century communal Utopian societies. $1,000 awarded by the National Trust $150,000 awarded to Paulsdale to sup For more information visit
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MHLSA To ensure that the Board of Directors is bal anced in keeping with the Bylaws, the NHLSA TIMELINE in Keeping with its charge, the Committee Nominating Committee has considered first had to define the characteristics that geographic distribution, range of landmark Nov 1997 Stewards Congress, West Point would enable the new 15-person Board of types, both public and private property Sept 1998 First meeting in Philadelphia; vote to form organization and Directors to truly represent National owners, cultural diversity, and a demon select committee co-chairs Historic Landmarks throughout the strated interest in National Historic Nov 1998 Meeting #2, committees form United States. The Nominating Committee Landmarks, as well as the expertise each to work on mission statement, membership, outreach worked closely with the various regional member could bring. The Nominating Jan 1999 Meeting #3, preparation for offices of the Nadonal Park Service to Committee will complete its recommenda Stewards Congress, Cape May obtain advice on prospective candidates for tions by this summer so that the new Nov 1999 2nd Congress, Cape May, NJ the Board and to understand the concerns national Board will be able to carry the Jan 2000 Meeting #4, selection of of different National Historic Landmarks organization forward in the coming years. nominating committee for national board throughout the nation. Mary L. Leach is co-chair of the National Historic April 2000 Meeting MS. preparation for new The Committee has had a difficult task Landmarks Stewards Association and represents the organization as national non College of Medicine of Maryland NHL in Baltimore profit selecting 15 individuals from the tremen July 2000 Scheduled to approve Bylaws, dous number of qualified candidates. The Board of Directors and Slate of Bylaws establish staggered terms to devel Officers op an 'institutional memory' and to enable the election of new candidates.
NAVAL SHIPS May. And so I did. Landmarks Survey and the National First, though, I reviewed the Historic Historic Landmarks Assistance Initiative. Naval Ships Visitors' Guide and prepared a list I've developed an information sheet for Naval Ships of the 44 vessels identified as NHLs to HNSA ship owners for their use in prepar hand out to Congress participants. ing nominations. I've also provided a sum Association The meeting was a real eye-opener for mary of the benefits NHL designation by Channing M. Zucker me. I gathered a wealth of information and would bring to Fleet Members. I hope that a solid appreciation of the program. this will encourage most of the "missing" Immediately upon my return from the 56 to seriously consider applying for HE HISTORIC NAVAL SHIPS Congress, and armed with the NHL Web NHL designation and alert the directors Association (HNSA) is an site address, I proceeded to confirm my list of those museums who hold the NHL Tumbrella organization for Navy, of 44. My search turned up seven addition designation about benefits available to Coast Guard, Army, and Merchant Marine al HNSA ships that are NHLs, but were them. ship museums and memorials. A total of not so indicated in the Guide. I also dis For more information about the 104 of these vessels are located in the covered that three ships that I thought were Historic Naval Ships Association visit our United States. Referred to as "Fleet NHLs were not. The correct number has web site
*3 NHL SURVEY intent on creating a dignified and func KENNEBEC ARSENAL tional burying ground for the entire Augusta, Maine 19 Properties community, Grove Street cemetery illus Built between 1828-1838. this arsenal is trates the historical development of the the most intact early 19th-century muni Designated NHLs American cemetery as a distinctive land tions depot in the United S' by Kira Badamo scape type. Constructed in Augusta to protect y. WHITEHALL United States' northern border with Palm Beach, Florida Canada, it was associated with the N FEBRUARY 16, 2000, Completed in 1901, Whitehall was the bloodless Aroostook "War," a border Secretary of the Interior Bruce winter home of Henry Morrison dispute with Great Britain that lasted O Babbitt designated 19 properties Flagler, one of John D. Rockefeller's two from 1820-1842. in 17 states National Historic Landmarks. original partners in the founding of BOLLMAN TRUSS RAILROAD The newly-designated landmarks range Standard Oil Company. Flagler was the BRIDGE from an 18th-century-planned cemetery to primary developer of the State of Howard County, Maryland a 20th-century shopping center. They also Florida, the last American frontier east This bridge is the sole surviving exam include Stonewall; a Colorado mill with of the Mississippi. Whitehall epitomizes ple of a revolutionary design in the his innovative mining processes; Massach the luxurious American country house tory of American bridge engineering. usetts "station" on the Underground of the turn-of-the-century. This design was invented and patented Railroad; and a colonial-era fort site in HERMDOM HOME by Wendell A. Bollman, a major figure Mississippi. Descriptions of each of the 19 Atlanta, Georgia in 19th-century civil engineering. It is properties follow. one of the oldest standing iron railroad This house was the home of Alonzo bridges in the United States. Herndon, the founder of the Atlanta RAMCHO CAMULOS Life Insurance Company, one of the SOTTERLEY Ventura County, California largest African American insurance St. Mary's County, Maryland One of several California ranchos visit companies in the United States, and his The main house is one of two surviving ed by Helen Hunt Jackson prior to the wife Adrienne. The Herndons represent examples of post-in-ground framing publication of her novel, Ramona, the highest levels of elite African extant in the Chesapeake region of Rancho Camulos came to be regarded American society during the early 20th- Maryland, Delaware and Virginia as the "home" of the novel's fictional century, and their home is particularly viding rare material evidence of tnts heroine. The popularity of the novel illustrative of the aspirations and construction method. In addition to its gave rise to a romanticized vision of the lifestyle of wealthy African Americans importance as an architectural artifact, mission and rancho era of California during the 'Jim Crow" era. Sotterley's physical structure also history; Camulos became an important embodies valuable insights into FORT JAMES JACKSON tourist attraction that helped to invent Chesapeake society and culture. Chatham County, Georgia and broadcast the romanticized image Built by the US Government between NATHAN AND POLLY JOHNSON of California's past. 1808 and 1812 to defend the harbor PROPERTIES SHENANDOAH DIVES MILL and city of Savannah, Georgia, Fort New Bedford, Massachusetts San Juan County, Colorado James Jackson is one of only five sur This was the first home of the famed The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is the finest viving Second System seacoast fortifica fugitive and later abolitionist Frederick remaining example of a mill that tions. It retains most of its original 1808 Douglass after his 1838 escape from employed the flotation process of hard- design and is unique in shape from the slavery. Its owners and Douglass' hosts, rock milling. Developed in the early other remaining Second System forts. Nathan and Polly Johnson, played an 20th-century, this process revolutionized important role in the antebellum effort ARTHUR HEURTLEY HOUSE the mining and milling industries in to eradicate American slavery and Oak Park, Illinois America. See article, page 5. assisted other slaves escaping from the Widely recognized as a critical work in GROVE STREET CEMETERY South on the Underground Railroad. the history of modern architecture both New Haven, Connecticut nationally and internationally, the FORT ST. PIERRE SITE Prior to the incorporation of the Grove Heurtley House is understood to be the Warren County, Mississippi Street cemetery in 1797, providing burial first fully mature Prairie style house and Established in 1718. Fort St. Pierre was space had been just one of many func marks a pivotal point in the early devel located about half way between tions undertaken by civil government, opment of the career of the noted archi major French colonial population cen -^ religious societies, or individual families. tect Frank Lloyd Wright. ters to prevent English traders from pen- Founded by a group of private citizens amtinues on page 15
'4 etrating the French sphere of influence frontations between members of the gay HIGHLAND PARK SHOPPING in the Lower Mississippi Valley. The community and the police, collectively VILLAGE fort was also a point of interaction known as Stonewall, that occurred Highland Park, Texas between the French and Native between June 28 and July 3, 1969. This complex of seven detached com •nerican tribes in the area and was Stonewall is regarded by many as mark mercial units focused on a central jstroyed during a Natchez uprising in ing the birth of the modem gay and les pedestrian and automobile parking 1729. Archeological investigations of the bian liberation movement. plaza represents a pivotal point in the site provide valuable information con EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL evolution of the shopping center as a cerning the interaction between the CHURCH distinctive building type in 20th-centu French and Native Americans in this Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ry American architecture. Shopping region. This small elegant church is the work of centers such as Highland Park played a ABEL AMD MARY NICHOLSON Henry Hobson Richardson, one of the major role in the decentralization of the HOUSE great architects to emerge from 19th- downtown commercial core of cities Salem County, New Jersey century American industrialization. across the United States. Built in 1722, the original block of this The simplicity and strength of this work GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BOY house is an outstanding example of a anticipates the later development of the HOOD HOMESITE Delaware Valley, brick, patterned-end Arts and Crafts movement in America. Stafford County, Virginia house. It stands alone as the only JAMES AND MARY BOYKIN This site, also known as Ferry Farm, known pristine survivor of an Anglo- CHESNUT HOUSE contains archeological resources that American building tradition that existed Camden, South Carolina have yielded new information about for three-quarters of a century. While residing in this plantation house, the material circumstances of George STONEWALL Mary Boykin Chestnut recorded in her Washington's life. In addition, the site New York City, New York diary events of the Civil War and her has specific associations with stories This building is associated with events observations on their effect on the and traditions related to Washington's that outstandingly represent the struggle homefront and southern society. As youth that have become a fundamental for gay civil rights in America. The des later published, her diary is acknowl part of American national culture and ignation also encompasses a several edged by literary scholars of the subject ideals. as the most important piece of literature >ck area in Greenwich Village that Kira Badamo was formerly a Historian with the was the location of a series of con produced by a Confederate author. National Historic Landmarks Survey, National Park Service
or down. Each lesson includes all the mate NATIONAL REGISTER ing and selling cosmetic products designed for African American women. JC Penney rials students will need to achieve the turned his skill in providing needed goods objectives of the lesson, including maps, Teaching with and services to remote western towns into readings, photographs, and other visual Historic Places America's first nationwide chain of depart materials. The current series of lesson ment stores. Both the Madam CJ Walker plans includes 58 published lessons. Features NHLs Building, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Thirty-nine lessons, most of which have also been published, are available on the by Marilyn Harper JC Penney Historic District, in Kemmerer, Wyoming, are NHLs. Web and new lessons are posted regularly. "From Canterbury to Little Rock: The Twenty-seven lessons feature National HE TEACHING WITH HISTORIC Struggle for Educational Equality for Historic Landmarks. Places (TwHP) program, adminis African Americans" compares the 19th-cen For more information on the Teaching Ttered by the National Park tury Prudence Crandall House, in with Historic Places program, including Service's National Register of Historic Canterbury, Connecticut, with Little Rock guidance on preparing lesson plans for Places, has recently posted two new lesson Central High School, in Little Rock, your own property using the TwHP for plans on its popular Web site Arkansas, to give a sense of the duration mat, visit them online or contact Brenda
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ADVISORY COUNCIL Haskell NHL was one of the first large off- nized for their historical significance as an reservation boarding schools for Indian important and evolving Indian educational Controversial students established by the Federal govern institution or for their religious and cultur ment. The southern part of Haskell is an al significance to American Indians. For Highway Project area where sweat lodges were used histori many years, the Trafficway has been and Haskell cally and that now contains a medicine opposed by the Haskell University Board wheel. Adjacent to Haskell is the Baker of Regents, the National Haskell Alumni Institute NHL Wedands, a National Natural Landmark Association, the National Congress of American Indians, the National Native by Margie Nowick now owned by Baker University, that was historically part of Haskell and has histori American Church Association, the cal, religious, and educational importance Wedands Preservation Organization, more N MARCH 2000, THE FEDERAL to the Haskell community and many than 47 tribes nationally, and local civic Highway Administration (FHWA) Indian tribes. and environmental groups. In November I publicly indicated its support for the The southern part of Haskell and the 1999, the Council informed the Haskell "no build" alternative to the South Baker Wedands would be adversely affect University Board of Regents that the Lawrence Trafficway project in Lawrence, ed by the Trafficway, both through direct Council had advised FHWA that it needed Kansas. FHWA's Final Supplemental destruction and indirecdy by visual, noise, to take further steps to identify and evalu Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and atmospheric impacts that would ate the historical, religious, and cultural effectively reversed the agency's 15-year change their respective historic settings. significance of the Baker Wedands. Based support for this road that would have While it seems unlikely that the Trafficway on presentations by FHWA, the Kansas adversely affected Haskell Institute will proceed with FFfWA participation, the Department of Transportation (KDOTj, National Historic Landmark (now known existing 2-lane road between the southern the Council, and others, the Board of as Haskell Indian Nations University). In part of the campus and the Baker Wedands Regents voted to continue to oppose the ' 0Q8, the NPS judged this proposed four- remains to be upgraded, the details and Trafficway and declined KDOT's mitiga high-speed highway on the periphery effects of which are unknown. tion offer. Consequendy, the FHWA sup ot Lawrence to constitute a threat to the Both the original NHL designation and ported the "no build" alternative for the NHL, a wedand, and Native American the county's initial planning for the Final Supplemental EIS. spiritual sites that were historically associ Trafficway took place in the 1960s, when Margie Nowick is a Historic Preservation Specialist ated with Haskell. properties such as Haskell were not recog with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
NPS & NTHP Angel Island, California (see article, 20th-century buildings. While less than 2% page 1) The Western Regional Office of the of its land remains undeveloped, a large his National Park Service, working with the toric hotel was demolished in the last Partnership Angel Island Immigration Station decade to provide more building lots and Demonstration Foundation, die National Trust for Historic new construction is intruding into the land Preservation, and the California mark district. The NPS and Preservation Projects Update Department of Parks and Recreation, New Jersey, the statewide preservation by Susan Escherich and Barbara Pahl which administers the Island, identified organization, included Cape May on their several issues essential to the preservation list of endangered historic places in 1998. of the Immigration Station. First, the need Major issues include: training for the local HE PART NERSHIPDEMON- to increase public awareness of the site, its government and community on the impor stration projects (see related arti history, and its state of deterioration. tance of, and the tools for, preserving Tcle National Historic Landmarks Second, the buildings must be stabilized. Cape May's historic district; development Network, Volume II, Number 2, Summer Third, the site needs new docking facilities of design guidelines for compatible new 1999, for more information on die origin of to handle visitors. Finally, Angel Island construction; conservation of buildings, this partnership) continue forward and, in needs a good interpretative plan. The especially large hotels; management of • instances, have thrived as the result Foundation has received State and Federal tourism; and adjustment of the boundaries ^ mall grants and national recognition. funds to preserve the site and construct an of the NHL district to exclude areas that The partners will continue to work with Asian immigration museum. have lost their historic integrity. The the selected projects this year. Updates on Cape May Historic District, Philadelphia Support Office of the the six projects follow: Cape May, New Jersey This historic continues on page 18 US Immigration Station, seaside town has many late 19th- and early >- NPS provided a Challenge Cost Share campsite is a mile and a half away from the North Carolina helped a local non-profit grant to help Cape May become a Certified current NHL-designated site on property group acquire the Tavern after a disastrous Local Government, and the city's design that is owned by at least three different par fire. The non-profit plans to restore the guidelines were updated to better maintain ties. Pat and Ernie Deschamps, who are building and interpret the life and work of the historic character of downtown Cape devoted to protecting the designated site. Thomas Day. Staff from the NPS and "> May. own the largest parcel adjacent to Lolo National Trust met with the non-profu Frawley Ranch, Spearffish, Creek. Two other parcels are zoned for its historical architect to identify major South Dakota Frawley Ranch has housing, including one currendy under needs: training for the board, a strategic been in the same family for four genera development for mobile homes. The plan, assistance with grant writing, master tions. The current owner has attempted to National Trust placed Travelers' Rest on planning for the rehabilitation and restora find ways to preserve the ranch complex. the 1999 list of America's Most tion of the building, and interpretative He received a State grant to preserve a his Endangered Places. planning. Union Tavern is an official toric school on the property and took out Missoula County is seeking $100,000 to America's Treasure and received a $1,500 loans on the property to finance four dif pay for an archeological investigation of the planning grant from the National Trust. ferent planning studies and to bury power site. So far. they have raised $87,000 includ The National Trust will provide training to lines. When he was unable to keep up with ing a $30,000 Challenge Cost Share grant the board, and the NPS will assist with his payments, his loan was sold to a Denver from the National Park Service, an $8,000 planning and possibly expanding the NHL developer who planned to develop a third grant from the National Trust Favrot Fund, nomination to include nearby sites display of the property with homes, a golf course, a $30,000 Save America's Treasures plan ing the work of Thomas Day. hotel, campground, RV park and office ning grant from the National Trust, and park. The Midwest Office of the National $9,000 from a donor helping the National Oklahoma Wheelock Academy was Park Service, the Mountains/Plains Office Trust save sites officially designated as established in 1832 to train Choctaw girls of the National Trust, the South Dakota America's Treasures. The county also in Anglo culture. The Academy was SHPO, and the Historic South Dakota received a $10,000 grant from Steven closed in 1955, and though the Choctaw Foundation, the statewide preservation Ambrose who is investing the profits from Nation used some of the buildings in the organization, agreed to support the pro his best seller Undaunted Courage into Lewis 1970s, all have since been abandoned and posed development in exchange for an and Clark projects. Missoula County has are severely deteriorated. The Academy is easement restricting development on the applied for grants to cover the remaining in an extremely isolated location with remaining 2,800 acres of the NHL. The $13,000. surrounding community to form a supr y. project was approved by the county com In January, 2000. a couple from Florida group. The Tribe appropriated $100,000 missioners, but was later voted down after purchased a four-acre parcel of property to stabilize the main building and has a grassroots petition drive called for a that may contain part of the campsite to received some financial assistance from countywide referendum on the project. save it from residential development. the SHPO. The Intermountain Support The owner must now wait one year before Wendy and Ralph Kulberg first learned Office-Santa Fe of the National Park he can resubmit his development plans. In about Travelers' Rest on a visit to the site Service provided a condition assessment the interim, the NPS. the National Trust, last June as part of a National Trust Study report to identify, prioritize, and provide and the South Dakota SHPO will continue Tour. They plan to donate the parcel to an cost estimates for needed work. NPS also to consult with the developer about creat entity that will preserve the site. awarded a Challenge Cost Share grant to ing easements to protect the historic ranch Archeological investigation will begin the Tribe for work on Pushmataha Hall, a buildings and significant view sheds. There soon. pivotal building on the site. NPS and is a possibility that the developer, who Meanwhile. Montana Congressman Preservation Oklahoma listed Wheelock prefers to preserve the ranch buildings but Rick Hill is looking for funds to enable a as endangered and the National Trust des needs to make a return on his investment, local entity to acquire the rest of the prop ignated it an America's Treasure. The is willing to sell to anyone at this point. erty. Next steps include developing a plan Tribe just received a $40,000 Save Deadwood or Spcarfish might be interested to protect and interpret the site and provide America's Treasures planning grant from in annexing Frawley Ranch. Deadwood some public access during the upcoming the National Trust to address emergency has money from gambling and a strong Lewis and Clark celebration. stabilization needs. The Tribe has decided interest in preservation. Union Tavern, Milton, North to use Wheelock Academy as the campus Traveler's Rest, near Lolo, Carolina Free black cabinetmaker for a new community college. Montana The Lewis and Clark expedi Thomas Day worked at Union Tavern in tion camped here in 1805 and again in the late 19th century. His uniquely styled Susan Escherich is Coordinator o. -tdfe 1806. using an area frequented by Salish furniture and woodworking details are still National Historic Landmarks Assistance Initiative, and Nez Perce Indians travelling to hunt widely visible in the area. The Tavern's site National Park Service Barbara Pahl is Director, Mountain Plains Regional buffalo. Recent scholarship suggests that likely contains archeological materials doc Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation the actual location of the Lewis and Clark umenting his cabinetry work. Preservation 18 NHL BITS & BYTES
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