• A waterfall in the park

    Delaware Water Gap

    National Recreation Area NJ,PA

  • Closures

    A section of US Rt. 209 and several other areas remain closed until repairs are complete. More »

CRM Saved From the Dam: Preservation

PRESERVATION: HISTORIC STRUCTURES

Saving a Few, Before Losing Them All CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By landscape architect Zehra Osman. KEYWORDS: Facility Management Report, demolition by neglect, Historic Resource Study, preservation priority matrix, Tony Crosby, target properties, GIS, General Management Plan (GMP), park gateways, watershed, viewshed, recreation zones, historic preservation zones, historic districts, scenic corridors, upland camp, sensitive resource subzones, hut to hut hiking, ICON Architecture Boston MA. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History (M.A.R.C.H.),  McDade Recreational Trail. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Denver Service Center.

Camp Staff Breathes New Life into Old Cabin CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By former campers Chuck Evertz and Larry Smotroff. KEYWORDS: Todd Lodge rededication, Orange Mountain Council, Birchwood Newsletter, Rev. Francis Cheswick Todd, Crossett Lake Scout Reservation, KEP-CLSR Association, Crossett Lake Alumni. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Volunteering for the park, Boy Scout Camps along the Delaware River. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES: Boy Scouts of America.

Preserving and Interpreting Historic Houses: VIPS Show the Way CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By NPS-Northeast 1996 volunteer-in-parks (VIP) of the Year, Leonard R. Peck. KEYWORDS: mothballing. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE: Volunteering for the parkHistoric Houses of Montague NJ, Millbrook Village NJ, Millbrook Village Society, Marie Zimmermann, Marie Zimmermann House, Photo Gallery: Zimmermann Farm, Friends of Marie Zimmermann, Walpack Center NJ, Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History (M.A.R.C.H.), Walpack Historical Society, Old Mine Road, National Register properties in the park.

The Ramirez Solar House: A Holistic Approach to a National Register Nomination CRM Magazine: Saved from the Dam (Vol. 25 No.3 2002) By architectural historian Douglas McVarish. KEYWORDS: Ramirez Solar House, rustic baronial style, Gustavo Ramirez, passive solar residence, window wall, clerestory window, Shingle style, Henry Wright Jr., Architectural Forum, modernist architecture, rural historic landscapes, pergola, allee. OCULUS Charlottesville VA, John Milner Assoc. RELATED PAGES IN THIS WEBSITE:  National Register properties in the recreation area, National Register nominations.

 

PRESERVATION: ARTIFACTS & CURATION

Bit by Bit: Curation in a National Recreation Area By cultural resource manager Dorothy Moon. KEYWORDS: Superintendent Peter de Gelleke, Slateford Farm PA, Bushkill School PA, Collection Management Plan, NPS Northeast Museum Services Center, NPS Cultural Resource Preservation Program, Jim Morris, boring machine, hollow auger bit, wheel spoke tenon. LINKS: cultural resources in the National Park System, NPS Museum Management ProgramMillbrook Village NJ.  

 

Did You Know?

Sketch of a shiny, silvery, oval shaped fish with smallish fins

... that shad have made a comeback in the Delaware River, due to pollution control. This member of the herring family lives its adult life in the ocean, but travels up rivers and streams to spawn. Each spring, anglers follow the "shad run" up the Delaware River to catch these hard-fighting fish. More...