William Howard Taft National Historic Site: Cultural Landscape Report, William Howard Taft Natoinal Historic Site, National Park Service
Scruggs and Hammond, Inc. 1993. William Howard Taft National Historic Site: Cultural Landscape Report, William Howard Taft Natoinal Historic Site, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Report. NPS Midwest Regional Office. Midwest Regional Office
This report was prepared by a team of consultants, under the direction of Scruggs and Hammond, Inc., Landscape Architects and Planning Consultants of Columbus, Ohio. The contemporary survey was provided by Savage Walker & Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. The report was planned and designed to conform to specifications provided to the consultants by representatives of the National Park Service. While some research utilized microfilm copies of Taft correspondence in local repositories and in the Library of Congress, the project scope did not provide for extensive research in primary sources. Prior investigations conducted by previous consultants were so extensive, and of such quality, they served as the major resources for this report. Thus, the previously produced reports listed in the Bibliography are extensively referenced throughout this report. In addition to analysis and review of existing resource material generated by the National Park Service, the consultants briefly reviewed the relevant collections of the Cincinnati Public Library, the Cincinnati Historical Society, the University of Cincinnati Library and of course, the photographs and correspondence in the archives of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site. The City of Cincinnati was able to provide the team with an early topographic map which was extremely useful. As mentioned before, limited but valuable information was also gleaned from the Library of Congress’s photographic and manuscript collections. The primary purpose of the Taft house is to serve as an historic museum and The National Park Service is continuing the process of restoring the house to reflect the time period of the Taft occupation c. 1851-1877. Their primary purpose of the Taft house is to serve as an historic museum and The National Park Service is continuing the process of restoring the house to reflect the time period of the Taft occupation c. 1851-1877. Their decisions regarding the restoration of the main house exterior were influential in determining the historic period as the focus for this project.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Scruggs and Hammond, Inc
- Date of Issue
- 1993
- Publisher
- NPS Midwest Regional Office
- Units
- HIST , MWR , WIHO
- Keywords
- agrarian, Alphonso Taft, brick walks, Cincinnati, Cultural Resources, curvilinear roads, decorative fences, ehistory, gas lighting, History, HOME, house, Landscape, Main Street Incline, Mount Auburn, president, ravines, Restoration, suburban, Urns, Victorian style, Vistas
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 500721: William Howard Taft N.H.S.