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Martinho, da Silva Isabel. "Historic anthropogenic factors shaping the rural landscape of Portugal's Interior Alentejo." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289759.
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European rural landscapes are currently going through a process of degradation. In some regions, degradation arises via the intensification and industrialization of agricultural practices. On others, it results from the extensification of farming or even from its abandonment. This process, which leads to environmental and cultural loss, has been raising concerns about the preservation of European rural landscapes. But, while some conservation measures have already been enacted, the preservation of European rural landscapes faces several problems. One of the main difficulties results from the lack of knowledge about the process of landscape change, as this knowledge is fundamental to control landscape evolution. Within this context, this work brings some knowledge about the evolution of rural landscapes in Interior Alentejo, a region located in southern Portugal. Interior Alentejo is currently going through a process of landscape degradation via the extensification and abandonment of farming practices. The main rural landscapes identified in the region are: forest, montado, permanent crop landscapes, and open fields. Under permanent crop landscapes are classified orchards, olive groves, vineyards, mixed farming areas and tree coplanted fields. This dissertation describes the historic evolution of Interior Alentejo rural landscape from pre-history to present times. This study reveals the emergence of each landscape type and their main changes throughout history. At the same time, it allows the identification of the main anthropogenic factors of landscape change, and corresponding rules of action. To evaluate the effect of the interaction between anthropogenic factors and the main ecological factor varying in the region (soil fertility), the landscape evolution in counties with low and high soil fertility has been studied separately. Cultural heritage, political stability, the market, policies, social structure, population density, and technology have been the main anthropogenic factors of landscape change in Interior Alentejo. Knowledge about their rules of action, i.e., about their effect on the landscape, might be used to predict landscape changes and to control the process of landscape evolution.
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Wan, Cheuk-ting Jennifer. "Protect or pull down - in search of planning and heritage conservation of walled villages in Hong Kong : case studies of Nga Tsin Wai & Kat Hing Wai /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19906638.
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Cannon, Anne O'Kane. "Pastoralism and the landscape : a lower Lachlan survey." Master's thesis, Department of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8639.
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Dal, Pozzo Angelica. "Il paesaggio rurale storico nella proposta italiana del MIPAAF. Confronti internazionali, discussione teorica, applicazioni metodologiche." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3426335.
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The aim of the research is to reflect on the recent project promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry policies (MiPAAF), which is aimed at the identification and cataloguing of Italian historical rural landscapes. The research has been developed through a twofold path: (I) the investigation and comparison of the Italian proposal with similar projects at international level; and (II) the application of the Italian methodologies to some study areas in the national territory. In accordance with the dual course of reflection and analysis, the thesis is articulated into two parts to which the conclusions follow.
The first part is dedicated to the investigation of the institutional projects on historical rural landscapes, adopted at national and international level, and their comparative study.
The second part is specifically focused on the Italian proposal by means of applications and discussion of the ministerial methodologies.
The final chapter, as a conclusion of the whole work, gathers possible orientations for the Italian project, as a result of the comparison with the international projects and the application of the Italian methodologies in the selected study areas.Il lavoro di ricerca si è proposto di studiare il recente progetto di individuazione e di catalogazione dei paesaggi rurali storici italiani, promosso dal Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali (MiPAAF). L’articolazione del lavoro si è sviluppata attraverso un duplice percorso: (I) la ricerca e il confronto con simili progettualità attive a livello internazionale e (II) l’applicazione delle metodologie proposte per il progetto italiano su alcune aree studio del territorio nazionale. In virtù del duplice percorso di riflessione e di analisi, il lavoro di tesi è articolato in due parti alle quali seguono le conclusioni. La prima parte è dedicata alla presentazione dei progetti istituzionali sui paesaggi rurali storici, attivi a livello nazionale e internazionale, e al loro studio comparativo; la seconda parte è specificamente incentrata sull’analisi della proposta italiana, attraverso l’applicazione e la discussione delle metodologie proposte. Chiude la tesi un capitolo conclusivo che raccoglie possibili indirizzi di sviluppo futuri per il progetto italiano, maturati dal confronto con le esperienze internazionali e dall’applicazione dei metodi sui casi di studio scelti.
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McKenzie, Joanne T. "Deep anthropogenic topsoils in Scotland : a geoarchaeological and historical investigation into distribution, character and conservation under modern land cover." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/203.
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Deep anthropogenic topsoils – those augmented through long-term additions of mineral bulk among fertilising agents – retain in both their physical and chemical make-up significant indicators for cultural activity. This project researched the geographical distribution and historical context of deep anthropogenic topsoils in Scotland and the Isles, and used this information to investigate the impact of current land cover upon the cultural information they retain. In so doing, the project investigated the potential for conservation of this significant cultural resource. A review of the historical information available on agricultural and manuring practices for Scotland identified several factors likely to affect deep topsoil distribution and frequency. These were: the availability of bulk manures to Scottish farmers, the significance of the seaweed resource in determining fertiliser strategies in coastal areas, and the influence of urban settlement and associated patterns of domestic and industrial waste disposal on the location of deep topsoils. Evidence for widespread deep topsoil development was limited. The primary data source used – the First Statistical Account of Scotland – was manipulated into a spatial database in ArcView GIS, to which geographical data from the Soil Survey of Scotland and national archaeological survey databases were added. This was used to devise a survey programme aiming both to investigate the potential factors affecting soil development listed above, and to locate deep topsoil sites for analysis. Three sites were identified with deep topsoils under different cover types (woodland, arable and pasture). The urban-influenced context of two of these highlighted the significance of urban settlement to the location of Scottish deep topsoils. Analysis of pH, organic matter, and total phosphorus content showed a correlation between raised organic matter and a corresponding increase in phosphorus content in soils under permanent vegetation. By contrast, soils under arable cultivation showed no such rise. This was attributed to the action of cropping in removing modern organic inputs prior to down-profile cycling. The potential for pasture and woodland cover to affect relict soil signatures was therefore observed. Thin section analysis aimed to both provide micromorphological characterisation of the three deep topsoil sites and investigate the effect of modern land cover on micromorphological indicators. Distinctive differences in micromorphological character were observed between the rural and urban deep topsoils, with the latter showing a strong focus on carbonised fuel residues and industrial wastes. All sites showed a highly individual micromorphological character, reflective of localised fertilising systems. There was no correlation between land cover type and survival of material indictors for anthropogenic activity, with soil cultural indicators surviving well, particularly those characteristic of urban-influenced topsoils. Suggestions for preservation strategies for this potentially rare and highly localised cultural resource included the incorporation of deep anthropogenic topsoil conservation into current government policy relating to care of the rural historic environment, and the improvement of data on the resource through ongoing survey and excavation.
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Wan, Cheuk-ting Jennifer, and 溫卓婷. "Protect or pull down - in search of planning and heritage conservationof walled villages in Hong Kong: case studiesof Nga Tsin Wai & Kat Hing Wai." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893922.
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Nelson, Velvet. "LANDSCAPE AND POSTCOLONIALISM IN BRITISH WEST INDIES TRAVEL NARRATIVES, 1815-1914." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1144161405.
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Auffret, Alistair G. "Seed mobility and connectivity in changing rural landscapes." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-89105.
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The success or failure of many organisms to respond to the challenges of habitat destruction and a warming climate lies in the ability of plant species to disperse between isolated habitats or to migrate to new ranges. European semi-natural grasslands represent one of the world's most species-rich habitats at small scales, but agricultural intensification during the 20th century has meant that many plant species are left only on small fragments of former habitat. It is important that these plants can disperse, both for the maintenance of existing populations, and for the colonisation of target species to restored grasslands. This thesis investigates the ecological, geographical and historical influences on seed dispersal and connectivity in semi-natural grasslands, and the mobility of plants through time and space. Seed dispersal by human activity has played a large role in the build-up of plant communities in rural landscapes, but patterns have shifted. Livestock are the most traditional, and probably the most capable seed dispersal vector in the landscape, but other dispersal methods may also be effective. Motor vehicles disperse seeds with similar traits to those dispersed by livestock, while 39% of valuable grasslands in southern Sweden are connected by the road network. Humans are found to disperse around one-third of available grassland species, including several protected and red-listed species, indicating that humans may have been valuable seed dispersers in the past when rural populations were larger. Past activities can also affect seed mobility in time through the seed bank, as seeds of grassland plant species are shown to remain in the soil even after the grassland had been abandoned. Today however, low seed rain in intensively grazed semi-natural grasslands indicates that seed production may be a limiting factor in allowing seeds to be dispersed in space through the landscape.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 3: Accepted. Paper 4: In press. Paper 5: Manuscript.
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KELLY, BRANDON JAMES. "DETAILS OF THE EXISTING INFORMING THE DESIGN OF THE NEW: A CRITICAL APPROACH TO THE ADAPTIVE-REUSE OF WATERSMEET FARM, SOUTH CAROLINA, CREATING A HISTORICAL NATURE RETREAT CENTER." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1115181925.
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Kegley, Nan F. "Toward the preservation of rural, cultural, historic landscapes: a method for evaluating nineteenth century Blue Ridge farms." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/91037.
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The research hypothesis of this study states that a systematic and operational method for evaluating rural, cultural, historic landscapes, particularly at the regional level, simply does not exist.
The purpose of this study was two-fold: first, to prove, through an informal survey of landscape architecture firms involved in historic preservation and preservation organizations, that the hypothesis was true, and secondly, to develop a method for evaluating a specific kind of rural, cultural, historic landscape -- nineteenth century farms in the Blue Ridge Belt.
The overriding objective in developing the method for evaluating nineteenth century Blue Ridge farms was to make the evaluation criteria as operational as possible, and, therefore, create a method which would be accessible to the non-professional. The criteria used to evaluate the farms was based on studies done of farms documented in the archives of the Shenandoah National Park in Luray, Virginia, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and the Historic Landsmarks Commission in Richmond, Virginia. The method was designed so that every farm evaluated by means of the checksheet can be scored based on the degree to which it represents a typical nineteenth century Blue Ridge farm.M.L. Arch.
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CILLIS, GIUSEPPE. "NEW ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SURVEY AND ANALYSISbOF AGROFORESTRY LAND: FROM LAND COVER CHANGES TO RURAL LANDSCAPE QUALITY ASSESSMENT." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi della Basilicata, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11563/146897.
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The general objective of this Ph.D. thesis is to explore the concepts and methodologies for investigating agroforestry land and rural landscape through the integration of historical and remote sensing geodata within a FoSS (Free and Open Source Software) approach; to provide more and more accurate data sets regarding land cover and to improve some mapping and data processing techniques commonly used in this research topic. The first part of thesis describes the different types of geodata used in the course of the studies and, above all, the techniques and methodologies used for their processing are illustrated. Starting from historical cartographies, we will go through aerial surveys and geographical maps up to the new remote sensing using advanced satellite observation technologies. In the second part, more specific issues were dealt in accordance with the general objective of the work have been defined. The issues were approached through case studies within the Basilicata Region where the intensity of the abandonment of the territory and agricultural surface is leading to the loss of many historical rural landscapes and with consequent problems from an ecological point of view due to the disappearance of many agroforestry systems.L'obiettivo generale di questa tesi di dottorato è quello di esplorare i concetti e le metodologie per lo studio del territorio agroforestale e del paesaggio rurale attraverso l'integrazione di geodati storici e telerilevamento con un approccio FoSS (Free and Open Source Software); per fornire serie di dati sempre più accurate sulla copertura del suolo e migliorare alcune tecniche di mappatura ed elaborazione comunemente utilizzate in questo ambito di ricerca. La prima parte della tesi descrive i diversi tipi di geodati impiegati nel corso degli studi e, soprattutto, vengono illustrate le tecniche e le metodologie utilizzate per la loro elaborazione. Partendo dalle cartografie storiche, si passerà ai rilievi aerei ed alle cartogrofaie classifche fino al remote sensing basato su immagini satellitari. Nella seconda parte sono state trattate tematiche più specifiche in accordo con l'obiettivo generale del lavoro. Le tematiche sono state affrontate attraverso casi di studio all'interno della Regione Basilicata dove l'intensità dell'abbandono del territorio e della superficie agricola sta portando alla perdita di molti paesaggi rurali storici con conseguenti problemi dal punto di vista ecologico dovuti alla scomparsa di molti sistemi agroforestali.
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Scariato, Juliana Binotti Pereira 1971. "Caracterização da paisagem cultural da região de Limeira (SP) com base no reconhecimento e valorização do seu patrimonio de engenharia e arquitetura rural." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257847.
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Orientador: Andre Munhoz de Argollo FerrãoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo identificar, através de suas paisagens culturais, a arquitetura característica das propriedades rurais de sete fazendas históricas na região de Limeira, formadas a partir do século XIX, localizadas atualmente em quatro municípios, Limeira, Cordeirópolis, Iracemápolis e Santa Gertrudes, pertencentes à Bacia Hidrográfica dos Rios Piracicaba, Jundiaí e Capivari. Estas fazendas formam o conjunto de "Fazendas Históricas" do programa turístico da Prefeitura Municipal de Limeira. Para reconhecimento do território pesquisado utiliza-se o Método de Pesquisa Orientada a Processos (Método POP), proposto por Argollo Ferrão (2004), baseado na visão de processos, para compreensão da ocupação territorial destas fazendas. Para a análise destas propriedades, utiliza-se tabelas, mapas, fotos e levantamentos de campo, que permitem identificar a arquitetura rural no processo de desenvolvimento agrícola. Esta caracterização "arquitetônicaruralista" contribui para o reconhecimento da região como área destinada à preservação de "paisagens culturais". Com base em estudo realizado para conhecimento da arquitetura remanescente de cada fazenda, realiza-se uma avaliação sobre a ordenação e ocupação deste território rural, facilitando a apreensão dos componentes existentes nos espaços das fazendas, hoje explorados pelo turismo ecológico
Abstract: This research has for objective to identify, through its cultural landscapes, the characteristic architecture of the country properties of seven historical farms in the region of Limeira, formed from century XIX, located currently in four cities, Limeira, Cordeirópolis, Iracemápolis and Santa Gertrudes, pertaining to the Hidrográfica Basin of Rios Piracicaba, Jundiaí and Capivari. These farms form the set of "Historical Farms" of the tourist program of the Municipal City hall of Limeira. For recognition of the searched territory the Method of Guided Research is used the Processes (Method POP), considered for Argollo Sting (2004), based in the vision of processes, for understanding of the territorial occupation of these farms. For the analysis of these properties, one uses tables, maps, photos and surveys of field, that allow to identify the agricultural architecture in the process of agricultural development. This characterization "architectural-ruralista" contributes for the recognition of the region as area destined to the preservation of "cultural landscapes". On the basis of study carried through for knowledge of the remaining architecture of each farm, one becomes fullfilled an evaluation on the ordinance and occupation of this agricultural territory, facilitating the apprehension of the existing components in the spaces of the farms, today explored for the ecological tourism
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Schroeder, Nicolas. "Terra familiaque Remacli: études sur le milieu social & matériel de l'abbaye de Stavelot-Malmedy, VIIe-XIVe siècle." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209743.
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L'étude porte sur l'abbaye de Stavelot-Malmedy, de sa fondation au XIVe siècle. Elle analyse les interactions entre les communautés et leur environnement social et matériel. Une première partie reprend de manière critique l'histoire de l'abbaye, du milieu du VIIe au XIVe siècle. La seconde partie aborde les seigneuries de Stavelot-Malmedy comme des cadres de pouvoir et d'organisation économique. Les rapports avec l'aristocratie laïque sont également analysés. Enfin, une troisième partie envisage l'inscription des seigneuries des monastères dans l'espace, les conditions de géographie physique et l'impact des seigneuries sur les paysages et l'environnement.Doctorat en Histoire, art et archéologie
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Foley, Eileen. "A Conservation Strategy for Sustaining the Cultural Significance of Rural Landscapes." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10214/2258.
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This research responds to Quebec’s call to new ways of thinking in land use planning to conserve the cultural significance of its rural landscapes. Based on guidance and approaches of the United Kingdom (UK), including historic landscape characterisation, a conservation strategy is developed and applied to the study site of Saint-Donat, Quebec. The story of the Saint-Donat landscape is told through historical narrative, GIS mapping and analysis both in time-slice and time-depth, and photographic images, which reveal values attributable to the landscape. Demonstration of how landscape policies and land use planning of Saint-Donat are informed to sustain these values is provided through application to two historic landscape character areas: the village and a mountainous recreational area. This research contributes to Canadian, Quebec and UK aims to develop a comprehensive conservation strategy for conserving cultural landscapes. Future research is needed to expand our understanding of how and why people value landscapes and the role values play in managing landscape change and landscape sustainability.
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Bettencourt, Elisha M. "The Hues of Hadley Massachusetts: Pioneering Places for Preservation and Growth." 2020. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/917.
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With many historic areas being diverse with life, color, and use, the idea of representing multiple complementary aspects, or hues, offers opportunities to support functions within a project that ordinarily might stand alone. The roles of historic preservation and conservation to promote green commerce and self-reflection have long been coming into discussion. Yet how can this be used to push standards for protecting the planet and shifting existing building types and expectations? Nature and history offer the hues in which to explore new hybrids of environmentally conscious architecture, definitions of preservation, and will serve as the setting for this project.
The intent of this thesis is two-fold in nature. First, there will be an analysis of the treatment of historic structures and properties within the purview of both architecture and historic preservation. Identifying shared values as a framework, and building upon techniques in these two fields, this project will introduce an approach towards adaptive reuse and sustainable preservation that generates a meaningful use of a resource. The project aims to be forward-looking with respect to management, materials, program, and use. Second, a historical and structural analysis followed by a final schematic design for the Phelps Farmhouse is intended to apply this research and assist in creating a preservation plan for the property in Hadley Massachusetts.
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McEnaney, Marla J. "Protecting an ordinary landscape a cultural landscape evaluation and management recommendations for the proposed Port Oneida rural historic district : Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan : by Marla J. McEnaney." 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/35105885.html.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1995.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 423-429).
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SUPOVÁ, Monika. "Historický vývoj polních cest se specifikací na Jihočeský region." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-154461.
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This diploma thesis deals with historic development of field paths with the emphasis on South Bohemia region. The attention was put on development periods of land adjustment in connections with field paths. The main focus was put on the analysis of transformation of field paths during diverse historical periods. The changes in development of the field paths were appraised on particular areas of interest. Two locations of interest in South Bohemia region with diverse natural conditions were chosen for purpose of this thesis. Cadastral area Dynín in České Budějovice district and cadastral area Křenov near Kájov in Český Krumlov district. Individual historical periods with description of roads network were used to evaluate historical development. This network was subsequently compared and considered according to proposed criterions. A part of the thesis was evaluation and representation of changes in roads network in particular historical periods using historical maps by means of software program GIS.
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Harbison, Brian P. "The Lightcroft Estate : Hagerstown, Indiana home of Charles and Leora Teetor." 2011. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1656584.
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This final creative project involved preparation of a cultural landscape report for the
properties that were previously known as The Lightcroft Estate. This study has
determined the historical significance of The Lightcroft Estate as a designed historic
landscape and presents preservation guidelines for future improvement at the site.
Historical evidence indicates that the Lightcroft Estate was developed over a period of
forty-three years under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Teetor with the services
of an architect Charles E. Werking and the possible collaboration of an engineer, John W.
Mueller. Existing features in the landscape surrounding the home suggest an extensive
landscape that included a Japanese Garden, two fishing lakes, a formal garden with tea
house, pergola, fountains and basins, a power house/roller wheel with adjacent water
works and water features throughout the landscape. The home and the grounds are found
to be significant for its association with the Country Place Era in landscape architecture
and the role the Teetor family served in bringing prosperity to their family and
community during the industrial revolution and early automotive industry. A cultural
landscape report is presented which follows the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for
the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural
Landscapes. Treatment recommendations are presented which focus on the preservation
of existing features, reconstruction of the formal garden.Department of Landscape Architecture