Cultural Landscape Report and Outbuildings Historic Structures Report for the Atwood-Higgins Historic District, Cape Cod National Seashore
Donaldson E, Laham L, Coffin Brown M. 2010. Cultural Landscape Report and Outbuildings Historic Structures Report for the Atwood-Higgins Historic District, Cape Cod National Seashore. Combined Historic Structure Report and Cultural Landscape Report. National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Boston, MA
Following the general format of a Cultural Landscape Report as outlined in the National Park Service publication, A Guide to Cultural Landscape Reports: Contents, Process and Techniques (1998), this report is organized into four chapters: site history, existing conditions, analysis and evaluation, and treatment. The site history chapter focuses on the historical contexts that contribute to the significance and physical appearance of the Atwood-Higgins landscape, including spatial relationships of structures and other built features, vegetation patterns, and important individuals and events. The site history describes and illustrates the appearance of the landscape during each historic period, most notably during the twentiethcentury ownership of the property by George and Katharine Higgins. Field visits were combined with archival research, including primary and secondary sources, as a means to understand the site’s extensive history and existing conditions at a comprehensive level of investigation. Most of the reference materials were found in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and included the Cape Cod National Seashore park archives, individuals with long-term connections to the property, and the Wellfleet Historical Society. The existing conditions chapter includes a narrative description, illustrative plan, and photographs to describe the landscape condition, circulation, structures, vegetation, views and other landscape characteristics and features. Contemporary site operations are discussed to the degree that they influence the landscape, its caretaking, and treatment. Using the most recent National Register of Historic Places documentation completed for the property in May 2010, the landscape analysis and evaluation chapter summarizes the areas of significance and aspects of historical integrity. Landscape characteristics and features are evaluated to determine whether they contribute or do not contribute to the historical character of the property. The landscape treatment recommendations chapter reviews the management directives outlined in the Cape Cod National Seashore General Management Plan (1998), identifies treatment issues and presents treatment recommendations in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Key topics for the landscape include the management of non-native, invasive vegetation, the preservation of historic ornamental vegetation, the preservation of the circulation system and fences, and the identification of appropriate areas for contemporary activities within the historic core of the property.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Donaldson, Emily; Laham, Lauren; Coffin Brown, Margie
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
- Units
- CACO , NER
- Keywords
- Barn, Boats, Captain Thomas Atwood, CLR, Colonial Style, Cottage, cultural landscape, cultural landscape report, field stones, Maritime Industry, OCLP, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, pine timber, Retreat, sailing, SAND, Seasonal, Ships, Thomas Higgins, Tourism, woodshed
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 650114: Atwood-Higgins Historic District