Discarded Treasures of an Infelicitous Past
By: Chelsea Brandt
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.?]
Language: eng
Description: The goal of this thesis is to generate a set of standards for the preservation and adaptive reuse of Progressive Era Jails (roughly 1880s-1930s) in the United States. It looks briefly at the history of penal reforms, providing the reader with a basic knowledge of the penal system in order to better understand the findings and recommendations presented. Adaptive reuse cases of jails are discussed, followed by a detailed look at Progressive Era jails and their character-defining features, program layout, circulation and supervision components, and structural integrity. Based on these four basic principles, preservation recommendations are given and implemented into a design for the adaptive ruse of the 1906 York County Jail in York County, Pennsylvania.
Notes: Department: Historic Preservation.

Thesis advisor: Belmont Freeman.

Thesis (M.S.)--Columbia University, 2014.