Birmingham City Center Reconnaissance Level Historic Resource Survey 2019

Schneider, David

"Fieldwork for this project was completed by Schneider Historic Preservation, LLC between December 2018 and June 2019. The project involved the completion of a reconnaissance level historic resource survey of all buildings within the study area to evaluate the current condition of each of the fourteen existing National Register-listed historic districts and to make recommendations for updating the documentation of each district to include: expansions of periods of significance, potential boundary adjustments, and changes to the contributing status of individual resources within each district. In addition, the project sought to identify potential additional National Register-eligible districts or individual resources within the study area. The reconnaissance level historic resource survey included: 1) a review of the National Register nominations for individual resources and districts within the study area to determine and make recommendations for additional documentation for each including: documentation required to bring the nomination up to current National Register program standards; documentation recommended to update the period of significance for each district and/or adjust its boundaries; 2) basic background historical research to assist with making recommendations regarding updating the period of significance for each district and/or adjust its boundaries; 3) preparation of an appropriate base map or maps that identify the existing National Register-listed historic districts and individual resources within the study area showing the present contributing status of each individual resource within each district along with its corresponding inventory number; 4) preparation of a color coded map indicating where changes are recommended to the contributing status of resources within each district, where boundary adjustments are indicated, and the location of potential additional National Register eligible districts or individual resources within the study area; 5) representative photographs to illustrate recommendations regarding updating the period of significance for each district and/or adjusting its boundaries; representative photographs of any recommended proposed additional National Register eligible historic districts; and photographs of all potentially individually National Register-eligible resources; and 6) a survey report summarizing the methodology of the project and its findings and recommendations. This report summarizes the project's methodology, geographic coverage and survey results. The report describes the historic resources and assess the potential eligibility of any of the identified resources for the National Register of Historic Places..." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Alabama Historical Commission administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00005).

Birmingham City Center Reconnaissance Level Historic Resource Survey 2019

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