HISTORIC SITES STUDY

MASSACHUSETTS HAS FOR MANY YEARS LED THE NATION IN CONCERN FOR RECOGNITION OF HISTORIC SITES AND AREAS. A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND PROJECT HAS BEEN INITIATED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO UTILIZE AN INVENTORY OF HISTORIC SITES AS A VARIABLE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN MAKING DECISIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY LOCATION. THIS PAPER DISCUSSES (A) A METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AND COMPILING A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORIC SITES INVENTORY, (B) A MEANS FOR ENCOURAGING LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN COMPLETING THE INVENTORY, (C) A TECHNIQUE FOR OBTAINING PROFESSIONAL AND QUALIFIED HISTORICAL EVALUATION OF INVENTORIED SITES (D) A SYSTEM FOR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF SITES BY X AND Y COORDINATES, AND (E) A SYSTEM FOR RECORDING HISTORIC DATA FOR COMPUTER STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL. THIS SURVEY IS NOT MEANT TO BE A DEMI-PRESERVATION PROGRAM, IT IS RATHER AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WHICH WILL SUPPLY, IN ADVANCE OF FINAL TRANSPORTATION FACILITY DESIGNS, INFORMATION ON POTENTIALLY VALUABLE HISTORIC SITES AND AREAS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1968/246/246-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Roadside Development and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Seel, Megan C
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: pp 16-35
• Monograph Title: Roadside development
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 246
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Data collection; Decision making; Highways; History; Inventory; Location; Public relations; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites; Highway location
• Old TRIS Terms: Data recording
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Freight Transportation; Highways; History;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204746
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1994 12:00AM