Cultural Landscape Report: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
AECOM, Inc.. 2010. Cultural Landscape Report: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office. Omaha, Nebraska
The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) is intended to provide site managers with a comprehensive, detailed history of the designed landscape and its character defining features, with recommendations for future planning decisions. A CLR for the Memorial was initially produced in 1996 as a collaborative effort between the Cultural Resources Division of the NPS Midwest Field Area and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. In 2009-2010, the CLR was updated to reflect current conditions and address new management issues, including those related to the 2009 General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the Memorial. The Gateway Arch and surrounding landscape were designed by architect Eero Saarinen in collaboration with Dan Kiley. The period of significance (1947-2003) includes the original design competition, evolution of the award-winning design development plan, and implementation of the approved development plan. The cultural landscape reflects the design philosophies of a master architect and master landscape architect and continues to convey its significance as a major designed landscape of the Modern period. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is on the National Register of Historic Places and is also designated a National Historic Landmark. It is significant for its commemoration of Thomas Jefferson and others responsible for the nation's territorial expansion to the West, as a symbolic marker as an embarkation point of westward expansion, and for its architectural and engineering merit. The CLR expands the discussion of the landscape's significance and design and includes recommendations for how the landscape should be managed in the future.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- AECOM, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 2010-05
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office
- Units
- JEFF , MWR
- Keywords
- Architecture, CLR Update, Dan Kiley, designed landscape, Eero Saarinen, Engineering, Gateway Arch, Landscape Architecture, Modern Period, National Historic Landmark, Thomas Jefferson
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 450006: National Expansion Memorial