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Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
CRM Saved From the Dam: Places
 

PLACES: ARCHITECTURAL STYLES

Mistress of Stylistic Blends: An Architectural Pictorial of the Minisink CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By architect Thomas E. Solon. KEYWORDS: The Antiquities of Athens, James Stuart, Nicholas Revett, architectural pattern books, eyebrow windows, vernacular architecture, Greek Revival House NJ, Ramirez Solar House PA (Nadler House). Henry Wright Jr., mothballed structures, Colonial Style, Shingle Style, Italianate Style, Queen Anne Style, Craftsman Style, Classical Revival Style, Victorian style, Early Modern Style, stylistic blends, mothballed buildings. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: The Minisink, Peters Valley NJ, Upper Delaware Valley architecture, Marie Zimmermann/Dutch Colonial Revival Style, C.S. Peirce/Peirce HouseDutch Reformed Church/Phoenix Antiques. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Examples of buildings in American architectual styles (No. Ariz. Univ.) 

Upper Delaware Valley Cottages: A Simple Regional Dwelling Form CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By historic preservation specialist Kenneth Sandri. KEYWORDS: vernacular architecture, Upper Delaware Valley Type cottage, hall and parlor plan, English Cottage, East Jersey Cottage, British Cabin, Henry Glassie, Norman Souder, eyebrow windows, company towns, Daniel Clark House (no longer standing). RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Greek Revival style in the parkGarris House 1995, Garis House (1999), Photo Gallery: Garis House Restoration, Walpack Center and Van Campen Inn, the Village of Walpack Center.

The Many Faces of Eaves: Dutch Reformed Church Dingmans Ferry PA CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) Photo feature (on page 32) of the building in various guises. KEYWORDS: Doug Cosh. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Phoenix Antiques.

Sympathy, Harmony, and New Architecture CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By Barbara Campagna, architect and historic preservation partner. KEYWORDS: Albert Good, rustic architecture, theming, Frederic Law Olmsted, William West Durant, Adirondack Great Camp style, Camp Pine Knot, Camp Uncas, Sagamore Lodge, Arts & Crafts style, Dutch Colonial/Eclectic style, gentleman farms, Mission 66, Childs Park (gate) PA, Watergate NJ. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Delaware Valley House Type, Walpack Center NJ, Millbrook Village NJ, Peters Valley NJ, Greek Revival style in the park, Charles Peirce (house), Marie Zimmermann (house), Photo Gallery: Zimmermann Farm, Raymondskill Falls. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Dinosaur National Monument (Visitor Center), Examples of buildings in American architectual styles (No. Ariz. Univ.) 

 

PLACES: CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

Preserving Cultural and Historic Landscapes: Developing Standards (National Park Service Technical Bulletin) CRM Magazine (Vol. 3 No. 1 March 1980) By Robert Z. Melnick, ASLA. An early treatment by a professor of historic landscape architecture, Kansas State University. This article is referenced in the article listed directly below.

Countryside Lost and Found: Discovering Cultural Landscapes CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By Hugh C. Miller, professor of historic preservation. KEYWORDS: "take boundary," George B. Herzog, Executive Order 11593 (1971), rural historic districts, rural landscape management plan, Slateford Farm,  James Tobin, Robert Z. Melnick, Land and Community Associates, J. Timothy Keller, Genevieve Keller. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: The Tocks Island Dam ControversyNational Register properties within the park, Millbrook Village NJ, architecture in the park, historic leasing, agricultural leasing, cultural landscapes. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Delaware River Basin Commission, National Historic Preservation Act as amended 1966.

The Minisink: A chronicle of the upper Delaware Valley CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By historic preservation consultant Dennis Bertland. KEYWORDS: Minisink Country, Pahaquarry Boy Scout Camps, Warren County Board of Chosen Freeholders NJ, Monroe County Commissioners PA, CETA writer-trainees, Pat Valence, Russ Woodling, Peter O. Wacker, cultural landscapes, Musconetcong Valley. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Boy Scout Camps, Flood of 1955Major Floods, the Tocks Island Dam Controversy, Nancy Shukaitis, Herbert Kraft, archeology in the park.

Assessing Cultural Landscapes CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By Cultural Resources Group Manager Shawn Eyring. KEYWORDS: cultural landscape inventory, (CLI), National Park Service Cultural Landscape Inventory, Cultural Landscape Automated Inventory Management System, Iowa State Univeristy (CLAIMS), GIS, GPS, aerial photos, topographic surveys, digital-ortho photos. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: National Register properties within the park.

Yesterday and Today: Planting for Tomorrow CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By wildlife biologist Larry Hilaire. KEYWORDS: kahesana xaskwim, mother corn, manitowouk, periodic fire, native grasses, big bluestem, little bluestem, switchgrass, deertongue, Indian Grass, Virginia rye, river rye, eastern wild rye, Roberts Farm Orchard, Frederick Law Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Newtown Pippin, Gershom Moore, Wheat Plains, Egypt Mills, General Management Plan, special use permits (SUP), best management practices, no-till farming, minimum-till farming, hedgerows, hedge rows, contour strips, riparian buffers, crop management associations (CMA), Broadhead (Wheat Plains) Farm, wood turtle, Clemmys insculpta, SUPs (special use permits), Newtonville NY. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: historic leasing, agricultural permits, cultural landscapes, Agriculture in the park, Farming the Park. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Historic Orchard at Roberts Farm NJ.

Searching for the Old Mine Road (under CRM: Stories)

"Drive-thru" History: A Self-Guided Auto Tour (under CRM: Stories)

Sketch of a hand underwater and reaching for a life jacket  

Did You Know?
... chief causes of water fatalities on the Delaware River are: (1) swimming without a lifejacket (PFD); (2) trying to swim across the river; and (3) swimming after drinking lots of alcohol. Wear a pfd and swim at lifeguarded beaches. DON'T drink-then-swim! NEVER TRY TO SWIM ACROSS THE RIVER!
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Last Updated: September 29, 2009 at 14:58 EST