Bryce Canyon National Park: Bryce Canyon Lodge District and Historic National Park Service Housing District Cultural Landscape Report
MacMillan-Johnson L, Jeffrey RB, Lotze W, Syuri P, Hoff S, Jacobson B, Kennedy A, Bolyard L, Erly L, Lyndes J. 2008. Bryce Canyon National Park: Bryce Canyon Lodge District and Historic National Park Service Housing District Cultural Landscape Report. Cultural Landscape Report. University of Arizona, College of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Planning, School of Landscape Architecture and Preservation Studies Program. Tucson, Arizona
In 2005 the University of Arizona College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the NPS entered into a cooperative agreement for the completion of two Cultural Landscape Reports, for the Bryce Canyon Lodge Historic District and the Old NPS Housing Historic District. This collaboration was to provide the park's management team with a tool for understanding and planning for these historic areas, and to provide an educational opportunity for the students. The Cultural Landscape Report provides "detailed research, analysis and evaluation, and treatment strategies for the preservation of resources that contribute to the historic character of these two landscapes." The study areas are isolated from the larger developed area. The overall treatment approach recommended by the report was preservation of the existing resources, combined with instances of rehabilitation where needs arise for structures to adapt to future needs and uses. These approaches seek to maintain the historic elements which continue to contribute the overall character of the District and to employ only the techniques, scales, and materials which reinforce this character. The primary resource for general historical information on the park was the Historic Resources Study: Bryce Canyon National Park completed by Nicholas Scrattish in 1985. Additional research was conducted during a series of visits to the Park between October 2005 and March 2007 through the examination of records in the Bryce Canyon National Park archives (which have subsequently been relocated to Zion National Park). Those documents which proved the most illustrative of the developmental history of the Park were reports from the Park Superintendent – completed annually before the 1940’s and monthly thereafter. These reports, combined with letters, recordings of oral histories, maps and other official park documents provided substantial information about the evolution of the Park from the time of its creation through to the modern era. An examination of the existing NRHP documentation for both of the Historic Districts, as well as the associated Bryce Canyon National Park Multiple Property Submission was completed. Although the existing documentation reviewed the contributing status of built elements within the Districts, further standards were developed for evaluation of landscape elements as well as the interface between the landscape and the built environments. These standards were extracted from a variety of sources, including Building the National Parks written by Laura Flint McClelland in 1998, which provided additional guidance as to the trends and aesthetics of landscape architecture in the National Park Services during the period of significance. The existing and historic conditions of each Study Area were examined, and the results were organized according to the landscape feature categories detailed in Chapter 3, Existing Conditions. The analysis was based upon the field surveys, photography, mapping, and the physical history created in Chapter 2. Where necessary, illustrative figures and comparative photographs were presented to further illustrate the findings of the analysis. A detailed roster of landscape characteristics identified in the Existing Conditions Chapter, accompanied by their determination as “contributing”, “non-cont
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- MacMillan-Johnson, Lauri; Jeffrey, R.; Lotze, Wendy; Syuri, Pria; Hoff, Sarae; Jacobson, Brent; Kennedy, Allison; Bolyard, Laura; Erly, Lisa; Lyndes, Joy
- Date of Issue
- 2008-12
- Publisher
- University of Arizona, College of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Planning, School of Landscape Architecture and Preservation Studies Program
- Units
- BRCA , IMR
- Keywords
- Anglo-American explorers, automobile campground, Black Hawk War, cabins, CCC, Deluxe Cabins, Expedition, Frank Waugh, Gilbert Stanley Underwood, Great Basin, Kanarra Cattle company, limestone cliffs, Logging, Mission 66, Mormon, Mormon settlement, naturalistic, naturalistic design, Navajo, NPS housing, Old Spanish Trail, recreation, roadside beautification, Rustic Style, soil conservation, Thomas Vint, tourism, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah, Utah Parks Company, visitor facilities, Zion National Park
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 850501: Bryce Canyon Lodge/Deluxe Cabins , CRIS-CL: 850503: Bryce Inn , CRIS-CL: 850504: Old NPS Housing Historic District