The Oaks: Cultural Landscape Report, Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
WLA Studio. 2018. The Oaks: Cultural Landscape Report, Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
This Cultural Landscape Report is for The Oaks, a component of Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site in Tuskegee, Alabama. Booker T. Washington, the first president of the Institute, and his wife Margaret Murray Washington arranged for the construction of a residence on campus in 1899. Students, overseen by Tuskegee faculty, made the bricks, constructed the residence, and provided labor for the installation of the surrounding landscape. After Dr. Washington's death in 1915, his wife occupied the residence until her death in 1925. Tuskegee Institute immediately acquired the property with the purpose of maintaining the structure to honor its first president. Tuskegee Institute was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1965, and the National Park Service officially established the national historic site in 1977. The property is significant under Criterion A (Association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history), Criterion B (Association with the lives of persons significant in our past) and Criterion C (Embodies distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values). Contributing resources to the period of significance at the site are The Oaks residence and the cultural landscape features at the site including driveways, concrete gutters, concrete walkways, and cultural vegetation. The CLR is intended to: (1) describe the historical development of The Oaks; (2) document the existing site conditions; (3) provide analysis of the landscape’s National Register significance; (4) identify the site’s character-defining features; (5) determine an appropriate treatment strategy; and (6) develop treatment recommendations that facilitate preservation of these resources, address park management concerns, and inform future development and preservation. It recommends rehabilitation as the most appropriate choice for the site's overall treatment. The NPS preserves and interprets The Oaks to a period 1899 and 1915, when Washington resided there
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- WLA Studio
- Date of Issue
- 2018-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- SER , TUIN
- Keywords
- activist, African American History, architecture, Booker T. Washington, campus, conservatory, David A. Williston, education, historic plantings, homestead, landscape architecture, Margaret Murray Washington, National Association of Colored Women, National Historic Landmark, Porte-Cochere, Progressive Era, Queen Anne style, residence, Robert Taylor, specimen tree, trellis, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Women's Club, university, vocational training
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 550076: The Oaks (550076)