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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Properly established <strong>historic</strong> context statements provide a useful tool <strong>for</strong> the<br />
preservation professional and researcher as a means to represent the history of <strong>historic</strong><br />
districts beyond the scope of earlier narratives. The limitations of National Register<br />
criteria, and the framework of the National Register program, have created a specialized<br />
method of <strong>historic</strong>al analysis in the <strong>for</strong>m of the <strong>historic</strong> context statement. This method<br />
has not remained static, as both the methods of academic history and <strong>historic</strong> preservation<br />
have progressed.<br />
In the case of Boulevard Park, the subject property demonstrates eligibility <strong>for</strong> the<br />
National Register under Criterion A within the contexts of streetcar suburb development<br />
and City Beautiful neighborhood design, with a period of significance of 1905-1946. The<br />
National Register documentation in Appendix B includes description of the district and<br />
statements of significance to clarify the points made above.<br />
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