national register nomination for boulevard park historic
national register nomination for boulevard park historic
national register nomination for boulevard park historic
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Abstract<br />
of<br />
NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION FOR BOULEVARD PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT<br />
Statement of Problem<br />
by<br />
William Anthony Burg<br />
This project determines eligibility and establishes a <strong>historic</strong> context <strong>for</strong> the <strong>nomination</strong> of<br />
the Boulevard Park neighborhood to the National Register of Historic Places as a <strong>historic</strong><br />
district, with accompanying <strong>nomination</strong> <strong>for</strong>ms<br />
Sources of Data<br />
City building and plumbing permits, newspaper articles, maps, planning reports, city and<br />
county histories, building surveys, <strong>historic</strong> home tours, newspaper articles and<br />
advertisements, photographs, contemporary works on <strong>historic</strong> preservation, urban history,<br />
gentrification and urban geography.<br />
Conclusions Reached<br />
The Boulevard Park district is eligible <strong>for</strong> listing on the National Register of Historic<br />
Places under Criterion A. Its two <strong>historic</strong> contexts are as a streetcar suburb and “City<br />
Beautiful” neighborhood design, both of which expressed Progressive principles<br />
espousing physical solutions <strong>for</strong> social problems.<br />
_______________________, Committee Chair<br />
Prof. Lee Simpson<br />
_______________________<br />
Date<br />
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