"Walking Around the World": African American Landscapes and Experience in Transylvania County, NC, Survey of African American-Heritage Related Resources in Brevard and Transylvania County, North Carolina
Williams MA and Varajon S. 2018. "Walking Around the World": African American Landscapes and Experience in Transylvania County, NC, Survey of African American-Heritage Related Resources in Brevard and Transylvania County, North Carolina. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
From the Introduction: "...This project, which was funded in part with a Historic Preservation Fund grant for Certified Local Government communities and administered by the State Historic Preservation Office, began in 2019, with active fieldwork conducted from mid-May to mid-August. The survey differed from the typical architectural survey in that it was enhanced by the inclusion of an oral history component funded by the National Trust for Historic Preservation... In the following essay, we (the consultants) attempt to integrate the oral testimonies of 14 individuals with the architectural data, especially as those testimonies address the experiential nature of community and sense of place. Building on all of the previously conducted research, we both collated existing information, as well as explored new areas of research. ...Although we found virtually nothing dating from before 1910 that had not previously been documented, we believe the survey provides a comprehensive look at African American domestic architecture dating from 1920 to 1975 and demonstrates the value of common places significant within community memory." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00042).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Williams, Michael; Varajon, Sydney
- Date of Issue
- 2018
- Publisher
- North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Resource Surveys (County)