Portsmouth Village: Cultural Landscape Report, Cape Lookout National Seashore, National Park Service
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Contractor and John Milner Associates, contractor. 2007. Portsmouth Village: Cultural Landscape Report, Cape Lookout National Seashore, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Report. NPS Southeast Regional Office. Southeast Regional Office
Portsmouth Village is a National Register of Historic Places Historic District located on the northern end of Cape Lookout National Seashore, Carteret County, North Carolina. Cape Lookout National Seashore was established in 1966 “to preserve for public use and enjoyment an area in the State of North Carolina possessing outstanding natural and recreation values.” Administered by the National Park Service (NPS), the National Seashore occupies a portion of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. These depositional sand-based landforms extend along much of North Carolina’s coast. Their form is constantly shifting in response to natural forces such as wind, ocean tides, storm surges, and cultural activities such as the dredging of channels for navigation. Despite their unsettled nature, the Outer Banks have been occupied for centuries by fishermen and other inhabitants. These coastal islands have also been used to protect navigation through the construction of lighthouses and Coast Guard and Life-Saving Stations. Portsmouth Village includes one of these Life-Saving Stations. The NPS engaged Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) of Northbrook, Illinois, and their subconsultants John Milner Associates, Inc. (JMA) of Charlottesville, Virginia, to prepare a Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for the Portsmouth Village Historic District. The CLR is intended to provide the park with an assessment of the character-defining features of the Portsmouth Village cultural landscape, document historic and existing conditions, and develop specific treatment recommendations to ensure its future protection. The CLR is part of a broader planning process intended to support decisions regarding management of this nationally significant cultural landscape.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Contractor; John Milner Associates, contractor
- Date of Issue
- 2007-12
- Publisher
- NPS Southeast Regional Office
- Units
- CALO , SER
- Keywords
- Barrier Island, boardwalks, coastal islands, Core Banks, Creeks, Docks, Fishing, Flooding, Hurricanes, Lighthouses, Marsh, North Carolina, Outer Banks, ramps, SAND, seaport, seawalls, Tidal flats
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 976090: Doctor's Creek and East Portsmouth and Village Environs , CRIS-CL: 976092: Portsmouth Life-Saving Station Complex , CRIS-CL: 550012: Portsmouth Village , CRIS-CL: 976094: Road to the Beach , CRIS-CL: 976096: Schoolhouse Environs