A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The Adams National Historic Site in Quincy, Massachusetts, was established on December 9, 1946 through a generous gift from the Adams family to the people of the United States. The park was specifically created to celebrate the memory of the four generations of Adamses who occupied the site from 1787-1927 and their significant contributions to politics, literature and the development of the nation. At the same time, the Adamses recognized the opportunity presented by the property to teach the public about the everyday life of an American family over a period of nearly a century and a half. Because the site was occupied by the same family for so long, it reflects an accumulation of changing attitudes towards a home and its grounds. Consequently, the deed establishing the site specified that no changes should be made to the Old House--its contents, depenencies or grounds--which should be maintained as they were at the end of Brooks Adams' lifetime in 1927. Since the park's establishment, efforts have been made to document the Old House, its major outbuildings and tremendous museum collection. However, there was no single document which comprehensively addressed the evolution of the landscape as a whole. This Cultural Landscape Report: Illustrated Site Chronology is intended to address that need by tracing the evolution of the landscape at the Old House from its development as farmland in the 17th century, through its ownership by four generations of the Adams family, to its establishment as a National Historic Site. Further as required by NPS policies, it is intended that this document will serve as the basis for a Cultural Landscape Treatment Plan, and for developing a strategy for the on-going maintenance of this important resource.
The Adams National Historic Site in Quincy, Massachusetts, was established on December 9, 1946 through a generous gift from the Adams family to the people of the United States. The park was specifically created to celebrate the memory of the four generations of Adamses who occupied the site from 1787-1927 and their significant contributions to politics, literature and the development of the nation. At the same time, the Adamses recognized the opportunity presented by the property to teach the public about the everyday life of an American family over a period of nearly a century and a half. Because the site was occupied by the same family for so long, it reflects an accumulation of changing attitudes towards a home and its grounds. Consequently, the deed establishing the site specified that no changes should be made to the Old House--its contents, depenencies or grounds--which should be maintained as they were at the end of Brooks Adams' lifetime in 1927. Since the park's establishment, efforts have been made to document the Old House, its major outbuildings and tremendous museum collection. However, there was no single document which comprehensively addressed the evolution of the landscape as a whole. This Cultural Landscape Report: Illustrated Site Chronology is intended to address that need by tracing the evolution of the landscape at the Old House from its development as farmland in the 17th century, through its ownership by four generations of the Adams family, to its establishment as a National Historic Site. Further as required by NPS policies, it is intended that this document will serve as the basis for a Cultural Landscape Treatment Plan, and for developing a strategy for the on-going maintenance of this important resource.
Cultural Landscape Report. Adams National Historic Site, Quincy, Massachusetts. Illustrated Site Chronology
K. Lacy (author)
1997
86 pages
Report
No indication
English