Comprehensive Plan, Historic Preservation Section, Steubenville, Ohio

This comprehensive plan includes sections on historic context, challenges and opportunities related to historic preservation, and recommendations for future action. From the section on historic contexts: "The physical environment of every community is shaped by it history and development. By understanding Steubenville’s unique history and the significance of its surviving historic resources, the community is able to plan for preservation of its heritage assets while managing change for the future. The City of Steubenville has a long track record of identifying and evaluating its historic resources, including several projects undertaken 20 years ago. In 1990, a project resulted in the preparation of historic contexts for the themes of Industrial Development and Transportation. In 1993, additional research yielded contexts for Downtown Development, Downtown Neighborhoods, Hilltop Neighborhoods, Ethnic Diversity, and Open Space and Recreational Facilities. The combined documents have been scanned and are available to the public on the City of Steubenville’s website (http:// www.ci.steubenville.oh.us/). This comprehensive document included a thorough analysis of each theme; identification of property types and evaluation of existing resources associated with each theme. The same firm and individuals who are working on the current project undertook all of this work. The historic contexts that are included in the Steubenville comprehensive plan are summarized from the earlier studies and updated to include mid-century modern resources. The plan includes five historic contexts that had the greatest impact on the city’s physical development and its current form. Included are: Industrial Development, Transportation, Downtown Development, Historic Neighborhoods, and Educational/Religious/Social Development. Each context includes a brief narrative, followed by discussion of associated property types and is illustrated with photos." Project funding was provided in part by a 2011 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Steubenville (project number OH-11-015) administered by the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 39-11-31942) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Steubenville, Ohio is a Certified Local Government.

Comprehensive Plan, Historic Preservation Section, Steubenville, Ohio

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