Colorado Urbanization and Planning Context

Hill, David

From introduction: "The Colorado Historical Society, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, is proud to present this set of historic contexts for the State of Colorado. The set includes regional historic contexts and also topical contexts which summarize and evaluate the history of the state from the earliest historic events up through World War II... Four "topical" contexts were developed: Engineering, Urbanization and Planning, Historical Archaeology and Architecture...The Urbanization and Planning context was developed to focus attention on the significance of town planning, layout and transportation modes, the latter including the Stage/Wagon Era, Rail Era and Auto Era. The themes within this context address town form or town function and selected aspects of towns during the transportation eras. Additional themes are presented for the three major urban centers in the state including the Central Business Districts, Residential Development, and Rail/Industrial/Warehousing Districts during the transportation eras... The overall purpose of these reports is to provide a framework to identify and record the historical resources in the state and to provide research direction to analyze the significance and preservation of these resources. The contexts can provide guidance for state and federally mandated cultural resource management, as well as direction for pure research. We anticipate that the recording and evaluation of historic sites will benefit by using the combined contexts." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Colorado Urbanization and Planning Context

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