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The prime consultant
for the Reynolda Gardens project was The Jaeger Company (TJC); a
landscape architectural and preservation planning firm in Gainesville,
Georgia. Dale Jaeger, FASLA, AICP served as Principal-in-Charge;
Chet Thomas, ASLA, served as Project Manager; and Emmeline Embry
Morris, Graphic Designer, assisted with project drawings and report
illustrations.
Walter Strand
of Sutton-Kennerly and Associates was responsible for structural,
mechanical, civil and electrical engineering aspects of the project.
Tommy Hart Jones, Preservation Consultant, assessed the existing
conditions of the garden shelters and assisted in the development
of plans for these structures. Max Brady Surveying performed the
topographic survey and Frank Welsh completed paint analysis on garden
structures and light fixtures.
The project
client was Wake Forest University, represented by John Anderson,
Vice President for Finance and Administration; Bill Sides, Director
of Facilities Management; and Bill Shotton, Construction Manager
of Facilities Management. Reynolda Gardens staff managed the project,
which included Preston Stockton, Director and Gardens Superintendent;
Kim Tilley, Assistant Gardens Superintendent; Camilla Wilcox, Curator
of Education; John Kiger, Buildings Superintendent; Tom Pratt, Greenhouse
Manager; and Thomas Wilborn, Groundskeeper.
The construction
work was completed by the following companies: Sides Contracting
Company, site improvements; Tim Reynolds Construction Company, garden
shelters; and Seager Waterproofing, retaining wall repair and reconstruction.
Reynolda House
allowed extensive use of their archives in documenting the history
of the garden. Representatives of Reynolda House include: Barbara
B. Millhouse, President; Nicholas Bragg, Executive Director; Richard
Murdoch, Archivist; and Sherold Hollingsworth, Landscape Consultant.
This case study
was researched and co-authored by Dale Jaeger and Chet Thomas of
TJC and Preston Stockton and Camilla Wilcox of Reynolda Gardens
with assistance from Angie Dayton, Graphic Designer from TJC.
Charles A. Birnbaum,
FASLA, Coordinator of the National Park Service Historic Landscape
Initiative served as the general editor of this Current and also
authored the annotated bibliography. Mark Oviatt, National Park
Service Multi-media Coordinator designed the Current. Other reviewers
included NPS colleagues Kay D. Weeks and Laurie Hempton. The NPS
appreciates the assistance of the Cultural Landscape Foundation
Board members who have also spent time reviewing this document.
This publication
has been prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation
Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary of the Interior
to develop and make available information concerning historic properties.
Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation Services
Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines,
and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation
treatments to a broad public.
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