Cultural Landscape Report: Platt Historic District, Chickasaw National Recreational Area
Hohmann H and Grala K. 2004. Cultural Landscape Report: Platt Historic District, Chickasaw National Recreational Area. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
This project is a cultural landscape report for the Platt Historic District of Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Its purpose is to document the physical evolution of the district's cultural landscape and provide a base of information to develop a preservation treatment plan, to document existing conditions of the cultural landscape, and to develop appropriate treatment guidelines or strategies. The park history emphasizes the years 1933-1940, the years during which most of the extant park features were designed and constructed. The narrative history (Chapters 2 through 5) is illustrated with many of the prints and photographs consulted during the research. The narrative history is also accompanied by a set of period plans, located in a separate section at the back of the report. The period plans include a district-wide plan each for 1933 and 1940 to demonstrate overall development and scale relationships. A set of nine detailed plans for the year 1940 were also constructed; these show components of the district in much greater detail at the end of the CCC period. A tenth plan, documenting Rock Creek Campground after its construction in 1950, was also constructed. A final overall period plan, for 1969, shows changes implemented up to and during the park’s Mission 66 campaign. Analysis (Chapter 7) focuses on an assessment of integrity, highlighting changes between the existing conditions and the period of significance. This analysis defines the historic character of each individual landscape during the period of significance and then summarizes the change that has occurred in the intervening 60-odd years. The analysis also provides a series of tables describing each feature within the district, including its contributing or non-contributing status and its condition. The chapter concludes with a statement of the district’s historic significance and period of significance, based on National Register criteria. Based on the analysis, an overall treatment philosophy for the district was determined and is outlined in Chapter 8. Chapters 9, 10, and 11 form the treatment plan for implementing this overall vision. Chapter 9 presents district-wide guidelines for preserving the overall character and features common to the entire district. Chapter 10 presents a comprehensive look of the district’s vegetation, including recommendations for its future management. Chapter 11 then describes a series of over 100 preservation projects keyed to individual component landscapes. These projects address the deterioration of the landscape and recommendations generally balance issues of historic integrity with current management and use concerns. Projects are indicated on a set of treatment plan drawings located in the drawing set at the back of the report. Cost estimates were also completed for the treatment projects; these estimates provided to the park as a separate document.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hohmann, Heidi; Grala, Katarzyna
- Date of Issue
- 2004
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CHIC , HIST , IMR
- Keywords
- CCC, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Civilian Conservation Corps, Commerce, concrete dam, Cultural Resources, designed landscape, ehistory, Fishing, Hydrology, Limestone, Mission 66, Oklahoma, Platt National Park, Ranching, Springs, Streams, Sulphur Springs Reservation, Trails
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 850146: Antelope and Buffalo Springs , CRIS-CL: 850138: Bromide Springs/Bromide Hill , CRIS-CL: 850465: Buffalo Pasture/Prairie Uplands , CRIS-CL: 850143: Central Campground , CRIS-CL: 850144: Cold Springs Campground , CRIS-CL: 850139: Flower Park and Black Sulphur Springs , CRIS-CL: 850145: Little Niagara Falls/Travertine Island , CRIS-CL: 850142: Pavilion Springs, Hillside Spring, HQ/Maint. Area , CRIS-CL: 975440: Perimeter Road (975440) , CRIS-CL: 850137: Platt Historic District , CRIS-CL: 850466: Rock Creek Campground , CRIS-CL: 850467: Walnut Grove