NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CULTURAL LANDSCAPES INVENTORY PROFESSIONAL PROCEDURES GUIDE JANUARY 2009 PROFESSIONAL PROCEDURES GUIDE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CULTURAL LANDSCAPES INVENTORY PROFESSIONAL PROCEDURES GUIDE REVISED BY: Jeffrey Killion, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation Gretchen Hilyard, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation PREPARED BY: Robert R. Page, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CULTURAL RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS PARK HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES PROGRAM WASHINGTON D.C. January 2009 i NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - CULTURAL LANDSCAPES INVENTORY The Park Cultural Landscapes Program is a servicewide effort of people in parks, regional offices, centers and the Washington office dedicated to a mission of the preservation and protection of the cultural landscapes in the parks of the National Park System. A cultural landscape is a geographic area, including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein, associated with a historic event, activity or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values. Examples include farmsteads, battlefields, national cemeteries and urban streetscapes. Cover Photograph: Cadillac Mountain Road, Acadia National Park, 2008. (Northeast Region) ii PROFESSIONAL PROCEDURES GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ….………………….......................……………………………………………,……… IN-1 The Conceptual Framework for the CLI ..................................................................................... IN-3 Automating the CLI .................................................................................................................... IN-3 Implementing the CLI ................................................................................................................. IN-4 Purpose and Organization of the Guide ................................................................................... IN-4 Completing the Cultural Landscapes Inventory for Landscapes/Component Landscapes ........ IN-5 SECTION 1: INVENTORY UNIT SUMMARY AND SITE PLAN ...……………………………….……..1-1 Inventory Unit ................................................................................................................................1-2 Cultural Landscape Inventory Name Cultural Landscape Inventory Number Parent Cultural Landscape Inventory Name Parent Cultural Landscape Inventory Number Park Name Park Alpha Code Park Org Code Landscape/Component Landscape Description Inventory Unit Size (acres) Property Level Park Report Cover Image Park Report Cover Date Site Plan Graphic Information ......................................................................................................1-4 Site Plan Graphic Site Plan Graphic Caption Display Sequence CLI Hierarchy Description Graphic Information ..........................................................................1-6 CLI Hierarchy Description Inventory Description Graphic CLI Hierarchy Graphic Caption Display Sequence iii NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - CULTURAL LANDSCAPES INVENTORY SECTION 2: CONCURRENCE STATUS …………………...……………………………………………..… 2-1 Inventory Unit ............................................................................................................................... 2-2 Inventory Unit Completion Status Completion Status Explanatory Narrative Park Superintendent Concurrence Park Superintendent Concurrence Date National Register Eligibility National Register Eligibility Concurrence Date (SHPO/Keeper) National Register Concurrence Explanatory Narrative Concurrence Graphic Information ............................................................................................... 2-3 Concurrence Graphic Concurrence Graphic Caption Display Sequence Revisions ....................................................................................................................................... 2-3 Revised By Type of Revision Revision Concurrence Date Revision Concurrence Revision Explanatory Narrative SECTION 3: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND LOCATION MAP ………………………………….3-1 Inventory Unit ............................................................................................................................... 3-2 Inventory Unit Boundary Description Park Management Unit Land Tract Numbers GIS File Name GIS File Description GIS URL States and Counties ...................................................................................................................... 3-4 State County Location Map Graphic Information ............................................................................................. 3-5 Location Map Graphic Location Map Graphic Caption iv PROFESSIONAL PROCEDURES GUIDE Boundary UTM ............................................................................................................................... 3-5 Boundary UTM Source Boundary UTM Type Boundary UTM Datum Boundary UTM Zone Boundary UTM Easting Boundary UTM Northing Boundary Datum Other Regional Landscape Context ....................................................................................................... 3-7 Regional Landscape Context Type Regional Landscape Context Description Display Sequence Regional Landscape Context Graphics Regional Landscape Context Graphic Caption SECTION 4: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ………………..…………………………………………..4-1 Inventory Unit ............................................................................................................................... 4-2 Management Category Management Category Date Management Category Explanatory Narrative Adjacent Lands Graphic Information .......................................................................................... 4-2 Do Adjacent Lands Contribute? Adjacent Lands Description Adjacent Lands Graphic Adjacent Lands Graphic Caption Management Agreement ............................................................................................................. 4-3 Management Agreement Management Agreement Expiration Date Management Agreement Explanatory Narrative Other Management Agreement NPS Legal Interest ......................................................................................................................... 4-4 Type of Legal Interest Fee Simple Reservation for Life Fee Simple Reservation Expiration Date Other Agency or Organization NPS Legal Interest Explanatory Narrative v NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - CULTURAL LANDSCAPES INVENTORY Public Access to Site ..................................................................................................................... 4-5 Public Access Public Access Explanatory Narrative FMSS Asset .................................................................................................................................... 4-3 FMSS Asset Location Code SECTION 5: NATIONAL REGISTER INFORMATION …………………………………………………….5-1 Inventory Unit ............................................................................................................................... 5-2 National Register Landscape Documentation National Register Explanatory Narrative National Register Eligibility National Register Eligibility Concurrence Date (SHPO/Keeper) National Register Concurrence Explanatory Narrative National Register Significance Level National Register Significance- Contributing/Individual National Register Classification National Historic Landmark Status National Historic Landmark Date National Historic Landmark Theme World Heritage Site Status World Heritage Site Date World Heritage Category Statement of Significance National Register Significance Criteria ....................................................................................... 5-10 National Register Significance Criteria National Register Criteria Considerations .................................................................................. 5-10 National Register Criteria Consideration National Register Period of Significance .................................................................................... 5-11 Start Year Start Era End Year End Era Historic Context Theme ................................................................................................................ 5-12 Historic Context Theme Historic Context Sub-theme Historic Context Facet Other Historic Facet vi PROFESSIONAL PROCEDURES GUIDE National Register Areas of Significance ..................................................................................... 5-14 Area of Significance Category Area of Significance Category Explanatory Narrative Area of Significance Subcategory State Register Documentation .................................................................................................... 5-17 State Register Documentation Name State Register Document Identification Number State Register Date Listed State Register Documentation Explanatory Narrative NRIS Information .......................................................................................................................... 5-17 Park Alpha Code/NRIS Name (Number) Other National Register Name Primary Certification Date Other Certifications ...................................................................................................................... 5-17 Other Certification Other Certification Date SECTION 6: CHRONOLOGY AND PHYSICAL HISTORY ..…………………………………………… 6-1 Inventory Unit ............................................................................................................................... 6-2 Primary Historic