West Boulevard Historic District Resurvey Plan

Rosin Preservation, LLC

From introduction: "The City of Rapid City (City) contracted Rosin Preservation, LLC to develop a plan to resurvey the West Boulevard National Register Historic District (District), located just west of downtown Rapid City. This project implements principles and goals described in the city’s Comprehensive Plan “Plan Rapid City” regarding the conservation of Rapid City’s unique cultural and historic assets through survey and inventory efforts.1 The survey area included the boundaries of the District plus additional resources identified in consultation with the City (Figure 1). The City recognizes that the District has continued to evolve in the twenty years since the last designation and is currently taking a proactive, multi-phased approach to examining, evaluating, and documenting the District and its surroundings. Modification of the survey area boundaries reflects the expansion of the historic context necessary for evaluating the resources within the District that have reached fifty years of age since the previous survey. Resources outside the District boundary on adjacent blocks or plats appear to share the expanded context. The first phase of the West Boulevard Historic District Resurvey project was to identify and update the current status of both the physical and electronic resources. Using the information gathered in the field, Rosin Preservation prepared this Resurvey Plan (Plan). The purpose of this report is to outline the process the City may follow to complete the resurvey itself. The Plan summarizes the work performed during Phase 1, and identifies the methodology and recommended approach for the resurvey, the expected findings and work products, and a bibliography of sources. It also recommends a schedule and budget for the proposed subsequent phases." Project funding was provided in part by a 2013 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Rapid City (project number SD-13-022) administered by the South Dakota State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P13AF00027) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

West Boulevard Historic District Resurvey Plan

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