St. Elizabeths Hospital Shepherd Parkway Study Area, Landscape Assessment Plan
John Milner Associates, Inc. and Robinson & Associates, Inc.. 2010. St. Elizabeths Hospital Shepherd Parkway Study Area, Landscape Assessment Plan. Cultural Landscape Report. General Services Administration. Washington, DC
This report was produced as the General Services Administration (GSA) was preparing to implement a master plan for the redevelopment of the St. Elizabeths Hospital to house facilities associated with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The project would include property development and improvements to the transportation network. John Milner Associates, Inc. was commissioned as a part of the planning team to develop the Shepherd Parkway Study Area Landscape Assessment Plan (also known as the Cultural Landscape Assessment). Robinson & Associates served as project historian. The report describes the work and concludes with recommendations that address the stewardship of historic landscape features located within the Shepherd Parkway Study Area. The scope of work for the assessment addresses landscape history and evolution, assessment and mapping of the existing conditions, and recommendations for landscape maintenance and conservation. The study area is included in the Civil War Fort Sites and Fort Circle Park System, which was listed in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites on November 8, 1964 (amended June 19, 1973 to specify inclusion of the Fort Circle Park System) and in the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1974 (revised September 13, 1978). The Fort Circle Park System is significant for several reasons. First, the parks contain remains of Civil War defense sites. Second, the greenbelt of public space created by the Fort Circle Parks - originally conceived as Fort Drive - represents an early planning effort for public recreation in the District of Columbia. Lastly, Shepherd Parkway and the rest of the Fort Circle Park System preserve natural resources unusual in an urban setting.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- John Milner Associates, Inc.; Robinson & Associates, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 2010-11
- Publisher
- General Services Administration
- Units
- FOCI , NACE , NCR
- Keywords
- Anacostia Unit, Civil War defense sites, Civil War Fort Sites, construction planning, Cultural Landscape Assessment, Cultural Landscape Report, DHS, Fort Drive, freeway, Freeway Unit, greenbelt, GSA, master planning, National Capital Planning Commission, public recreation, redevelopment, St. Elizabeths, Woodland Unit
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 600258: Shepherd Parkway