Projects
(The following is a selected list of our recent projects,
where we served either as prime contractor or as sub-contracting specialist.)
Pacific Northwest Army Reserve Camp DOE Documentation
Washington, Idaho and Oregon
Completed architectural and historical documentation
for Army Reserve Camps in three states in the Pacific
Northwest, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Scope of Work
involved site visit, architectural evaluation and
historical documentation and written report with
determination of eligibility for the National Register.
Most of the properties dated from the Cold War era with
military building complexes dating from the 1950s, 1960s
and 1970s. We evaluated the ARCs both as districts and
as individual building components. In addition to evaluating
the specific buildings, we researched and prepared historical
context narratives for the ARCs to form a basis for understanding their potential
historic and architectural significance.
Fredericksburg Spotsylvania National Military Park
Fredericksburg, VA
Prepared updated National Register update nomination
for a discontiguous district containing four Civil War
battlefields. The Scope of Work included architectural
and cultural landscape description, evaluating all
properties within the districts for contributing/non-
contributing status, developing multiple historic contexts,
photography and providing an annotated inventory data base
for all properties within the park boundaries.
National Historic Landmark Documentation, Hinchliffe Stadium
Paterson,
NJ
As subcontractor in a larger project, we prepared National Historic
Landmark Documentation for Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey. The
stadium, built in 1932, was home to Negro League baseball as well as other
venues. The Scope of Work included architectural description and photography,
developing historic contexts and themes to NHL level, including research
and review of existing documentation, and making the case for national significance.
National Historic Landmark
Documentation, Jackson Lake Lodge,
Grand Teton National Park, Moran WY
Prepared National Historic Landmark
documentation for the 1955 lodge building, grounds and support
structures. Gilbert Stanley Underwood, former Supervising Architect
of the United States, designed the lodge and its component buildings for
John D. Rockefeller’s
Grand Teton Lodge and Transportation Company. We developed historic
context, evaluation of the architectural significance, and proved
exceptional significance, since the building was not 50 years old at the
time of the project. Our work was featured on the PBS series, Great Lodges
of the National Parks, and Paula Reed appeared on the show.
National Historic Landmark Documentation,
Mountain Meadows Massacre Site
Central, Utah (vic.)
Prepared National Historic Landmark Documentation for the
Mountain Meadows Massacre Site in southwestern Utah. Scope
of Work included cultural landscape description and photography,
evaluating all properties within the district for contributing/
non-contributing status, developing multiple historic contexts
to NHL level, including research and review of plentiful existing documentation,
and making the case for NHL status.
Determinations of Eligibility, MD DNR Properties
Completed evaluations and Determinations of Eligibility for
eight properties belonging to Maryland Department of Natural
Resources. We researched and evaluated architectural and
historical significance and prepared documentation for the
Maryland SHPO’s database. The buildings were fully described,
photographed and evaluated for National Register eligibility.
Great Falls
Park, McLean VA
Prepared National Register nomination and Cultural Resource
Study for Great Falls Park. The Scope of Work included
architectural and cultural landscape description, evaluating
all properties within the district for contributing/non-contributing
status, developing multiple historic contexts, photography and
providing an annotated inventory data base for all properties
within the park boundaries. We also prepared a narrative cultural
resource study.
Monocacy National Battlefield, Frederick, MD
Cultural Resources Study and National Register Nomination Update
Paula
S. Reed and Associates, Inc. prepared a comprehensive history
and inventory of the cultural landscape and component architectural
features encompassed by the Monocacy National Battlefield properties, from
European contact through the 1930s, published in 2004. We also revised out-dated
National Register documentation, added information on newly
acquired properties, prepared historic context narrative, updated property
descriptions and developed new areas of significance covering architecture,
cultural history, early settlement, agricultural history, commemoration
in addition to military history.
Historic Structure Reports
We have completed numerous historic
structure report components for National Park Service properties.
Our services provide, developmental history, property history,
historic background and context; and evaluation of the historic
components of the of the building’s
fabric. We work with assembly of a chronology of development
and use for the subject building and provide architectural description
and identification of character defining features. Among these
HSRs are the Newcomer Barn and the Joseph Park Barn both at
Antietam National Battlefield. We provided extensive research
and narrative on the history, function and use of these early 19th century
barns in the mid-Atlantic grain belt.
Agricultural Historic Context Report and Recordation
Project Carroll, Frederick & Washington Counties, MD.
Paula S.
Reed and Associates, Inc. created an extensive agricultural historic context
report and survey of historic agricultural properties in Washington,
Frederick, and Carroll Counties in west-central Maryland, for
the Catoctin Center for Regional Studies and the Maryland Historical
Trust. Publication is pending.
