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Binder” collection and Leslie Crow’s notes. Existing printed matter on Boulevard Park,<br />

including portions of Vanishing Victorians by the American Association of University<br />

Women and Sacramento’s Boulevard Park by Paula Boghosian, provided additional<br />

details on some houses in the district. 3<br />

This in<strong>for</strong>mation determined construction dates,<br />

name of original owner, and other data about each house.<br />

Primary and Secondary Sources<br />

Literature survey and <strong>historic</strong> context research was per<strong>for</strong>med concurrently<br />

throughout the project. Review of available literature regarding urban history and <strong>historic</strong><br />

preservation suggested a contemporary approach to district <strong>nomination</strong>. Earlier<br />

preservation and survey methodologies identified <strong>historic</strong> districts as collections of<br />

aesthetically pleasing buildings or specific places associated with significant persons.<br />

Recent works suggested a broader approach, incorporating broader contexts and<br />

connecting local history to <strong>national</strong> patterns of urban development. Research into<br />

neighborhood history identified two applicable <strong>historic</strong> contexts <strong>for</strong> Boulevard Park as a<br />

streetcar suburb, and as a “City Beautiful” neighborhood built around Progressive Era<br />

principles of urban design.<br />

Research <strong>for</strong> the significance statement of the <strong>nomination</strong>, including <strong>historic</strong><br />

context, used both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources consulted include<br />

building and plumbing records, property deeds, documents of covenants, codes and<br />

3 American Association of University Women, Vanishing Victorians: A Guide to the Historic Homes of<br />

Sacramento. (Sacramento: American Association of University Women, 1973)<br />

Boghosian, Paula and Don Cox, Sacramento’s Boulevard Park.(Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2006)<br />

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