Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Cultural Landscape Report
Hart S. 1993. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Cultural Landscape Report. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, Georgia
This project is a landscape restoration and management study of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. It addresses the preservation and restoration needs of the historic landscape with particular emphasis on areas highly frequented by visitors to the park. In this study, information gathered from photographic archives and personal interviews will be compared with present day field observation analyses in order to formulate a history of management policies and a basis on which management recommendations can be made. The archives used for this research are located at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. The photographic archives were invaluable in determining the changes in the Core Area from the early 1900s to the present date. These include photographs of the Smyth, Sandburg, and NPS periods. The organization of this study is based on other studies of management strategies for historic landscapes. It is organized as follows: 1) The pre-Sandburg landscape: the important landscape features of the Memminger, Gregg, and Smyth periods; and the treatment of features during these three periods. 2) The historic conditions of Connemara during the Sandburg years: the Sandburg philosophy and conditions dictating management at the site, the feeling associated with the historic scene, and changes in the Sandburg landscape. 3) Assessment of the integrity of the site as compared with its condition during the historic period: the present NPS management policies; factors leading to the present condition of the Sandburg landscape; and factors having contributed to any loss of integrity (including man-made and natural causes). 4) Examination of the feasibility of a restoration program and various management alternatives. 5) Recommendations for management-general policies, management recommendations by area, and recommendations for interpretive programs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hart, Susan
- Date of Issue
- 1993-12
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CARL , SER
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Carl Sandburg, Christopher G. Memminger, Colonel William Gregg, Connemara, Ellyson Adger Smyth, farm, Flat Rock, Goats, North Carolina, Paula Sandburg, poetry
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 550096: Carl Sandburg Home