Cultural Landscape Report for Hampton National Historic Site, Volume I: Site History, Existing Conditions, Analysis and Evaluation
Beagan CM. 2014. Cultural Landscape Report for Hampton National Historic Site, Volume I: Site History, Existing Conditions, Analysis and Evaluation. Cultural Landscape Report. Library of Congress Control Number: 2014030999National Park Service, TIC: HAMP 390 125537. Northeast Regional Office. Northeast Regional Office
A cultural landscape report is the primary document used by the National Park Service for management of its historically significant landscapes. This report builds upon previous documentation, including the park’s enabling legislation, National Register of Historic Places documentation (2005), General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (2012), and Long-Range Interpretive Plan (2010). The purpose of this report is to consolidate,revise, and update the Cultural Landscape Report for Hampton National Historic Site, Vol. I: Site History, Existing Conditions, Analysis and Evaluation (2004) to address the entire park property, including the Mansion and Farm grounds, and to incorporate new research findings, updated National Register documentation, and changing landscape conditions. Previous cultural landscape research, documentation, and recommendations for Hampton National Historic Site are provided in three volumes. Volume I (2004) includes an annotated chronology site history accompanied by period plans and historic photographs, a narrative description of existing conditions accompanied by existing conditions plans and photographs, and an analysis of landscape integrity by historic period, as well as a summary of landscape significance and limited general treatment recommendations. Volume II (2006) includes an overall landscape preservation plan as well as recommendations for rehabilitation of the Falling Gardens and a detailed Falling Gardens historic plant list. Volume III (2008) includes detailed planting plants for the six parterres that comprise the Falling Gardens. This cultural landscape report is a revision and expansion of the 2004 document. Additional research for this report has been undertaken at a thorough level of investigation. Primary source material includes records from Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland State Archives, Maryland Historical Society, Historical Society of Baltimore County, Baltimore County Courthouse, Baltimore County Soil Conservation District, and Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens. Secondary source material includes a wealth of information gathered by researchers in previous reports and published works. This report is organized into three chapters beginning with a detailed site history that traces the physical evolution of the Hampton National Historic Site landscape, followed by up-to-date documentation of the existing conditions, and an analysis and evaluation of the significance and integrity of the Hampton landscape based on existing National Register of Historic Places documentation. Additional detailed information is included in appendices, including an annotated chronology and an updated vegetation inventory.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Beagan, Christopher
- Date of Issue
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northeast Regional Office
- Units
- HAMP
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Conservation, Creating Social Institutions and Movements, Designed, Developing the American Economy, Domesticity and Family Life, Ethnic Heritage, Expressing Cultural Values, Extraction and Mining Industries, Farm (Plantation), Functional Landscape, Georgian Architecture, Government, Hampton, Historic Preservation Movement, Industry, Interpretive Landscape, Landscape architecture, Livestock, Museum (Exhibition Hall), Northampton Plantation, Plantation Agriculture, Politics, Shaping the Political Landscape, Slavery and Plantation Life, Social History, Transforming the Environment, Vernacular
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 300004: Hampton NHS Landscape