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Bristol, Rhode Island

Bristol

• Bristol Survey (Download as a large, 48.1 MB, PDF file, 160 pages.) with other surveys available at State Survey: Publications, Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission. Peruse, considering the different sections of the survey, including
  • The Historical Analysis (other times called a Context Statement), which included a section on "The Architectural Legacy" (pp.25-29, with page numbers of report, not the PDF document),
  • Recommendations (pp.34-40)
  • Appendix A; State Register and National Register of Historical Places (pp.41-43) Read more about the surveys/registers, below.
  • Appendix B: Methodology (p.44)
  • Appendix C: Inventory, which is only a selective list of the +1200 sites/structures. (pp.45-120)

Historic Preservation

• Michael Wallace, "Reflections on the History of Historic Preservation," in Presenting the Past: Essays on History and the Public, ed. by Susan Porter Bloom, Stephen Brier, and Roy Rosenzweig, (1986). Handout.
• Historic Preservation Treatment: Toward a Common Language, Heritage Preservation Services, National Park Service.
• Learn How to Read the Visual Character of a Historic Building, Heritage Preservation Services, National Park Service

Obtain Bristol map from MapQuest.

Legislation

1. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The following sections link to programs, initiatives developed in response to the Act.
   1. State Historic Preservation Office Mandated Responsibilities, NHPA Title I, Section 101(b)(3)
   2. Certification of local governments, NHPA, Title I, Section 101(b)(3)

Extra

1. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, As amended through 2000 [With annotations]. For reference only. Parts of the Act will be considered in various courses, lectures. (Full act is PDF file.)
2. Lee, Antoinette J. and David M. Banks. Introduction (as PDF file), CRM Volume 19, No. 06, pp.4-5.
3. Slater, Cathryn H. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 30 (as PDF file), CRM Volume 19, No. 06, pp.11-16.
   

Survey and Listing of Historic Properties (National and State Levels)

1. National Register of Historic Places
   1. About the Register
   2. Results of Listing
   3. The National Register and Property Owners
   4. Using the National Register Information System (NRIS) database
   5. National Register Information System Database Test drive this by looking for listings.
   6. National Register: Overview [Rhode Island], as described by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (State Historic Preservation Office). See below.
2. State Survey: Overview, Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (State Historic Preservation Office)

Extra

1. Working on the Past in Loccal Historic Districts, National Park Service

Historic Districts

1. Historic Districts, ePreservation.net
2. Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (State Historic Preservation Office).
   1. Local Historic District Zoning. Rhode Island towns with Historic District Commissions.
   2. Certified Local Government Grant Program.
   3. Certified Local Government Grant Program: Recent Awards [2004]

Extra

1. Chapter 45-24.1, Historical Area Zoning, Title 45 Towns and cities, Rhode Island. Enabling Legislation. For reference only. Read only the sections below:
   1. Purpose
   2. Definitions
   3. Avoiding demolition through owner neglect
   4. Certificate of Appropriateness

Select Municipal, State and National Resources

1. Bristol
   1. Bristol Government & Services, OnlineBristol
      1. Historic District Commission
   2. Mosaico Community Development Corporation, 240 High Street, 401.253.4627
   3. Preserve Bristol, 401.253.2812
2. Rhode Island
   1. Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (State Historic Preservation Office)
   2. Preserve Rhode Island "Statewide Nonprofit"
3. National
   1. National Conference of Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO).

   NCSHPO represents offices from all states, territories and tribes. Each office had to carry out work as mandated (required) by the National Historic Preservation Act (see below). In addition to required work, each state usually has some other programs and initiatives developed in response to statewide resources, needs and interests.

   1. Go to the Web sites of a few states around the country and compare, contrast their resources, programs and initatives.
   2. Look at the jobs opportunities posted for SHPO offices, to give yourself and idea of what professionals do in these offices.

Reference

1. Chapter 42-45, Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission, Title 42, State Affairs and Government.

Cultural Institutions

1. Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum, 101 Ferry Road, 401.253.2707.
2. Bristol Historical and Preservation Society, 48 Court Street, 401.253.7223,
3. Bristol Statehouse Foundation, 240 High Street
4. Coggeshall Farm Museum, Poppasquash Road off Route 114, 401.253.9062.
5. Colt State Park, Entrance on Hope Street.
6. Herreshoff Marine Museum and America's Cup Hall of Fame, 1 Burnside Street, 401.253.5000
7. Linden Place Museum, 500 Hope Street, 410.253.0390
8. Mount Hope Farm, 250 Metacom Avenue, 401.254.1745.