Projects Supporting Community Outreach

PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Park, Woodstock, VT (2000 – 2002) Consultants to the National Park Service as they began the process of determining a strategy for managing the historic forest of the 550 acre Park. The forest is a mix of both indigenous and human constructed growth patterns, which reflects early New England agricultural settlement and the three owners for whom the park is named—George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Billings, and Laurance Rockefeller The Presidio, San Francisco, CA (2001-2002) Consultants to The Presidio Trust and the National Park Service to determine the best approach for interpreting and managing the cultural forest in this 1500 acre landmark landscape. Brucemore Historic Site, Cedar Rapids, IA (1998-2000) Consultant for Phase II master plan for this National Trust for Historic Preservation property.

SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor Project (2003) The client, the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor, has identified issues that relate to parks along the road, community planning issues, architectural interpretation, symbols and educational strategies. An interdisciplinary group of students (landscape architecture, art history, history) are currently studying the cultural landscape resources of this historic road in two Pennsylvania counties. Penns Valley/Brush Valley, Centre County, PA (2000, 2002) In consultation with Jackie Melander, Dir. Center County Historical Society, components of a cultural landscape report for the Valley were prepared in various student-based settings, such as regional studio (LA 427) and the Department’s course offering on historic issues in landscape architecture (LA 460W) (on-going). Historic Rural Pennsylvania Project (pending) The Center consulted with Sally McMurry, history department, in outlining a plan and writing a grant to provide a context for the historic preservation of agricultural resources, including buildings, structures and landscape elements. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, VT (2001) A team of Landscape Architecture students studied the Park and proposed a variety of approaches that might be taken to interpretation of the historic forest. The Village of Hopwood, PA (1998, 1999) A two-semester project in which students inventoried natural and cultural resources, and wrote community design guidelines that respected the historic character of the village. The client was the National Road Heritage Park. Centre Furnace Mansion Landscape Interpretation (1999) A team of interdisciplinary students (landscape architecture, architecture, communications) studied historic components of the Centre Furnace Mansion landscape, and offered direction for the development of interpretive experiences for the Centre County Historical Society. Lincoln Neighborhood, Gary, IN (1998) Students prepared a National Register District Nomination and design guidelines for the historic Lincoln Neighborhood. Fort Hunter Historic Site, Harrisburg, PA (1998) Students provided design ideas for rehabilitating this historic landscape. East Broad Top Railroad Project (1997, 1998) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has appropriated $ 30 million for the restoration of the East Broad Top Railroad. The East Broad Top is the only extant narrow gauge railroad east of the Mississippi. Two classes of landscape architecture students worked on the project. The Center continues to consult with the Allegheny Heritage Development Corporation as physical design ideas are explored. Eastwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Massachusetts (1996) The historic fabric of an 1873 Horace Cleveland cemetery is being threatened. The Center has consulted with the local preservation organization about the problem and submitted a report outlining a course of action. The next step is a management plan.