Historic Context and Survey Plan: City of Fort Worth

HHM & Associates, Inc.

From the Executive Summary: "From 2019 through 2021, the City of Fort Worth contracted HHM & Associates, Inc. (HHM) to complete a multi-phased Citywide Historic Context and Survey Plan. This report combines the historic contexts prepared under Phases I-III. Under Phase I, HHM prepared a historic context for the period from 1900 to 1945. This context was reviewed and approved by both the City of Fort Worth and the Texas Historical Commission in 2019. HHM completed the geographic context and the historic contexts covering the mid-nineteenth century to 1899, and 1946 to 1980 under Phases II and III between 2020 and 2021. This Citywide Historic Context integrates all contexts into one and intends to form a framework that knits together the significance of previously designated landmarks and historic districts, while providing helpful background for potential future designations and preservation planning. Phase IV of the project, undertaken from 2020 to 2021, consists of a survey plan addendum for documenting historic resources within Fort Worth city limits. The plan recommends a phased approach to be completed over a multi-year period as funding for survey efforts becomes available. HHM employed a methodology for identifying and prioritizing survey areas using GIS analysis of previously designated City of Fort Worth Local Historic Districts and Historic annexation boundaries. This process led to deciphering manageable survey areas and their priority order, assigning the oldest survey areas as having the most urgent need for documentation. Additionally, HHM and the City of Fort Worth worked together to determine the type of survey recommendation for each survey zone--windshield or reconnaissance--based on the level of evaluation needed for each area. The survey plan also targets approximate costs associated with each phase of the citywide survey. As part of the development of the survey plan, HHM built a custom historic resources database template for the City of Fort Worth using ESRI's ArchGIS Online Collector App. This tool allows for a survey team to utilize handheld devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, to document historic resources remotely in the field." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Texas Historical Commission, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P20AF00051).

Historic Context and Survey Plan: City of Fort Worth

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