Title: Cultural landscape report for the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry and Potomac riverfront, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park /
Authors: Crosbie, Allison A.; Lee, Andrew S.; Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.)
Publisher: Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park Service,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Harpers Ferry Armory (U.S.) History.; Waterfronts Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.; Waterfronts Potomac River.; Historic buildings Conservation and restoration Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.; Historic sites Conservation and restoration Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.; Landscape protection Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.; Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Antiquities.; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Contents: Purpose of this report -- Scope of work and methodology -- Site boundaries -- Terminology -- Summary of findings -- Location map -- Site hsitory -- Pre-history to 1798 -- Development of Armory infrastructure, 1799-1820 -- Transportation development, 1821-1840 -- American system of manufacturing, 1841-1860 -- Civil War and post-war ruins, 1861-1869 -- Reindustrialization and commemoration, 1870-1944 -- Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 1945-present -- Existing conditions -- Physical setting -- Landscape characteristics -- Landscape character areas -- Analysis and evaluation -- National Register status -- Summary of significance -- National Register integrity -- Evaluation of landscape characteristics and features -- Summary of landscape characteristics and features -- Treatment -- Management framework for treatment -- Treatment issues -- Recommended treatment approach -- Treatment vision -- Sitewide treatment issues -- Treatment guidelines and tasks -- Summary of landscape treatment tasks.