national register nomination for boulevard park historic

for the National Register, destroyed or significantly modified properties within a district
do not contribute to a district’s integrity. Demolished or significantly modified buildings
are not eligible for the National Register. Historian David Hamer addresses some of these
situations in History in Urban Places. Historians often overlook lost or modified
buildings in National Register nominations, other than as supporting context, and history
expressed as change over time is often lost in an effort to categorize properties as
products of a very specific era, generally the era of a property’s construction. While there
are many practical reasons for excluding demolished buildings and defining specific
nomination criteria, history that does not fit into the established framework can be lost. 9
The approach taken for the Boulevard Park nomination addresses the district’s
eligibility within the limitations of National Register criteria while considering
contemporary approaches to urban history and historic preservation. Review of literature
on the subjects of urban history and historic preservation provided insight into the means
and methods of preservation. This review became a framework for the significance
statement of the Boulevard Park nomination and its applicable historic contexts.
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Hamer, David, History in Urban Places: The Historic Districts of the United States. Columbus: Ohio
State University Press, 1998, p. 93-95
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