City-Wide Historic Context Statement, Heritage Napa, Napa, California (Final Draft)

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Introduction: "This Napa City-Wide Historic Context Statement was prepared for Heritage Napa, a program administered by the City of Napa and the Napa Community Redevelopment Agency and funded by a grant from the California Office of Historic Preservation. The historic context statement was prepared in conjunction with a windshield architectural survey of the City of Napa. Through survey, areas with high concentrations of historic properties were identified and assigned priority levels. Priority levels corresponded to each area’s potential to yield historic resources significant to the history and development of Napa, and indicated which areas should be further documented. Together, the prioritization mapping and historic context statement will inform planning decisions and encourage preservation of Napa’s rich heritage. The historic context statement covers Napa’s built environment from pre-history to the present. The purpose of this document is to support and guide survey and identification of historic properties throughout the city. The context statement includes a chronological history of the city’s development and identifies important periods, events, themes and patterns of development. The statement provides a foundation by which to assess and evaluate individual properties and neighborhoods. Historic property types are also identified and described in the historic context statement, and significance and integrity considerations are included for each. The Napa City-Wide Historic Context Statement addresses the geographical area within the current city limits. However, by default it also draws on the history of the larger Napa Valley and northern San Francisco Bay region, since influences from these wider areas shaped the City of Napa and, conversely, the development of Napa affected the surrounding region." Funding was provided in part by a 2008 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Napa (project number CA-08-41) administered by the California State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P14AF00134) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

City-Wide Historic Context Statement, Heritage Napa, Napa, California (Final Draft)

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