Plains Depot Cultural Landscape Report, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
WLA Studio. 2019. Plains Depot Cultural Landscape Report, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
The Plains Depot cultural landscape reflects two areas of United States history: the growth of community planning and development in southwest Georgia and the life of President Jimmy Carter. The history of Plains, Georgia is closely tied to the railroad, and the depot—the oldest remaining building in Plains—is located in the center of the community. Jimmy Carter has had a lifelong association with the depot and famously used the building as his 1976 presidential campaign headquarters. This Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) concerns the Plains Depot, a component landscape of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. The overall district includes several sites related to Jimmy Carter’s life in the Plains area, including the Plains Depot, the Boyhood Home, the Plains High School, and the Carter Home and Garden. The primary contributing resource to the period of significance within the Plains Depot cultural landscape is the 1890 Plains Depot building. Additional contributing cultural landscape features include spatial organization, historic views, and cultural vegetation. This report describes the historical development of the area; documents the existing site conditions; provides analysis of the landscape's potential National Register significance; identifies character defining features; determines appropriate treatment strategies; and develops treatment recommendations that facilitate preservation of these resources, address park management concerns, and inform ongoing and proposed management decisions. The site history is organized into periods of development that reflect changes in ownership and management, from American Indian history in the area prior to 1828, through periods of development and growth of Plains, to the creation of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site following his presidency. Treatment recommendations are based on an assessment of past and present uses of the landscape. Focusing on the site’s most significant date—1976—this report recommends rehabilitation as the most appropriate choice for the site’s overall treatment.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- WLA Studio
- Date of Issue
- 2019-12
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- JICA , SER
- Keywords
- agriculture, Bicentennial, campaign, cash crop, commerce, community, depot, Georgia, goods transfer station, government, hometown, Jimmy Carter, office, politics, president, race, race relations, railroad, railroad development, segregation, tourism, train station, transportation
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 550105: Plains Train Depot (550105)