Intensive-Level Architectural History Survey for the Bever Woods Area Project, Linn County, Iowa
Schmid M. 2020. Intensive-Level Architectural History Survey for the Bever Woods Area Project, Linn County, Iowa. State Historical Society of Iowa, Department of Cultural Affairs; City of Cedar Rapids; Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc.
Abstract: "Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc. completed an intensive-level architectural history survey for the Bever Woods area of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa. The Bever Woods area was previously examined during the Citywide Historic and Architectural Reconnaissance Survey, which was performed by Marjorie Pearson in 2014. That report recommended intensive survey to evaluate the potential for the Bever Woods area to be nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. The goal of the current intensive-level architectural history survey is to evaluate the National Register eligibility of the Bever Woods area, to define the potential district's boundaries, and to identify contributing and non-contributing properties as well as individually eligible properties. ...The study concluded that the Bever Woods district encompasses 128 properties and is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District under Criteria A and C. This study also found that one hundred twenty-five (125) of the properties in the project area contribute to the Bever Woods Historic District. Three (3) properties in the project area are not National Register-eligible and are non-contributing to the historic district. Additionally, fourteen (14) properties were found to be potentially individually eligible resources that may be National Register-eligible under Criterion C for their significance as exceptional representations of their architectural design of single-family houses built in a residential area of Cedar Rapids during the early- to mid-1900s. Based on the results of this architectural history study, it is recommended that the City of Cedar Rapids take steps to nominate the Bever Woods area to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district. The addition of this neighborhood to the National Register will help to promote and bolster historic preservation in Cedar Rapids and will help the city tell the story of this distinctive residential area." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the State Historical Society of Iowa, Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P20AF00020).
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Schmid, Maria
- Date of Issue
- 2020-08
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Iowa, Department of Cultural Affairs; City of Cedar Rapids; Wapsi Valley Archaeology, Inc.
- Units
- HPF
- Keywords
- Historic Resource Surveys (Neighborhood)