Laserfiche WebLink
Preservation Brief 36: Protecting Cultural Landscapes: Planning, Treatment and Manage... Page 1 of 11 <br />Technical Preservation Services tage,atNol,San„. <br />U.s. oepmtmem of the lntow, <br />Home P How to Preserve > Pre52rVatipj_I _Bh! > 36 Cultural Landscapes <br />Some of the web versions of the Preservation Brie's differ somewhat from the printed versions. Many Illustrations are new and in color; <br />Captions are simplified and some complex charts are omitted. To order hard copies of the Briefs, see Printed Putrlicationv0. <br />PRESERVATION BRIEFS <br />M <br />Protecting Cultural Landscapes: <br />Planning, Treatment and Management of <br />Historic Landscapes <br />Charles A. Birnbaum, ASLA <br />Develepina a Strateav and Seeking Assistance <br />Preservation Planning for Cultural Landscapes <br />Historic Preservation Approach and T eatment Plan <br />Preservation Maintenance plan and Imo lementatipn Strategy <br />Recording Work and Future Research Recommendations <br />Summary and References <br />Reading List <br />onw NOad the PDFSI <br />Taro neidS In Hanalei, Hatvell. Photo: <br />N?5 files. <br />Cultural landscapes can range from thousands of acres of rural tracts of land to a small homestead with a front <br />yard of less than one acre. Like historic buildings and districts, these special places reveal aspects of our country's <br />origins and development through their form and features and the ways they were used. Cultural landscapes also reveal <br />much about our evolving relationship •withthe natural world. <br />POLOams on the land have teen preserved <br />through the continvaton of traditional uses, <br />such as the grape fields at the Sterling <br />Vineyards In Callstoga, California. Photo: NP5 <br />N. <br />A cultural landscape is defined as "a geographic area,including both cultural and <br />natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein, associated with a <br />historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values." <br />There are four general types of cultural landscapes, not mutually exclusive: historic <br />sites, historic designed landscapes, historic vernacular landscapes, and ethnographic <br />landscapes. These are defined below. <br />Historic landscapes Include residential gardens and community parks, scenic <br />highways, rural communities, institutional grounds, cemeteries, battlefields and <br />zoological gardens. They are composed of a number of character - defining features <br />which, individually or collectively contribute to the landscape's physical appearance <br />as they have evolved over time. In addition to vegetation and topography, cultural <br />landscapes may include water features, such as ponds, streams, and fountains; <br />circulation features, such as roads, paths, steps, and walls; buildings; and <br />furnishings, including fences, benches, lights and sculptural objects. <br />Most historic properties have a cultural landscape component that is integral to the significance of the resource. Imagine a <br />residential district without sidewalks, lawns and trees or a plantation with buildings but no adjacent lands. A historic <br />httn: / /w - ,v.nDs.eov /tusl how -to- preserve /brie /SBi4l- ]7indscaues.htm 2/28/2014 <br />