Great Falls Tavern, Cultural Landscape Report, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Moss S and Howell G. 2009. Great Falls Tavern, Cultural Landscape Report, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Washington, DC
The intent of this project is to identify and evaluate significant cultural landscape features and provide treatment recommendations that focus on preservation and rehabilitation of the Great Falls Tavern landscape. Study boundaries established for the Great Falls Tavern CLR include the immediate area surrounding the tavern, the parking areas, the canal prism, towpath, and the entrance road. Part I of the report, Site History, Existing Conditions and Analysis & Evaluation, reviews prior research developed in these areas as found and reported in the CLI. Supplemental and additional details are also included. In this section, site history is documented, and the existing conditions of landscape features are measured against their historic character to determine which of them are contributing elements, and how non-contributing elements may or may not be compatible with the site during its assigned periods of significance. Part II, Treatment, discusses a broad approach to treatment and management applicable to cultural landscapes, and defined by standards set by the Secretary of the Interior. From these, treatment recommendations, both for the site overall and in an area-by-area format, are expanded and reviewed. Since it encompasses site history that was not discussed in the CLI, primary documents—maps, drawings, photographs, NPS reports and correspondence—were examined. Secondary sources, such as books, web-based information and recent reports, provided context and background for the CLR. Site analysis and evaluation relied in part on the analysis conducted for the CLI. In order to determine which landscape features are contributing, or of the historic period, both the CLI and the LCS were consulted. Additional site-specific data were used for scrutiny of certain landscape areas. Field studies were conducted during the spring of 2004 and the summer and fall of 2006. Existing site data in two forms suitable for geographic information systems (GIS) were reviewed and additional data was mapped on these base levels. The treatment recommendations were developed based on several meetings with park personnel in the spring and summer of 2004. Recommendation were based on federal standards and preexisting park planning documents. Meetings included a broad discussion of management issues and more specific problem-solving. While evaluating construction proposals, general alternatives were suggested for major new site developments. Specific recommendations were then developed to address certain issue areas. These recommendations were then used to inform final construction plans for a line-item construction (LIC) project and a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) project.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Moss, Saylor; Howell, Ginger
- Date of Issue
- 2009-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CHOH , NCR
- Keywords
- Aqueduct, Architecture , C&O Canal, Canal, Canal Lock, Commerce, Crommelin House, Culvert, Engineering, Expanding Science and Technology, Explorations of the West, Great Falls Tavern Visitors Center, historic site, Historic Vernacular Landscape, Iron and Ferro Alloys, Lock House 12, Mine, Mining, Navigational, Outdoor Recreation, Potomac River, Recreation, Shipping and Transportation by Water, The Industrial Revolution, trade, Transportation, Washington Aqueduct, Water Works, Water-Related, Westward Expansion of the Colonies
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 600271: Great Falls Tavern (600271)