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Abstract:
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This project determines eligibility and establishes a historic context for the nomination of the Boulevard Park neighborhood to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, with accompanying nomination forms
Sources of Data
City building and plumbing permits, newspaper articles, maps, planning reports, city and county histories, building surveys, historic home tours, newspaper articles and advertisements, photographs, contemporary works on historic preservation, urban history, gentrification and urban geography.
Conclusions Reached
The Boulevard Park district is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A. Its two historic contexts are as a streetcar suburb and “City Beautiful” neighborhood design, both of which expressed Progressive principles espousing physical solutions for social problems. |
