What prompted this initiative?

Documentation & Analysis• Identify study area

• Conduct preliminary “windshield” survey• Delineate draft boundaries based on survey

findings

• Document buildings within draft boundaries

• Assign building classifications

• Adjust boundaries, based on add’l evaluation

• Prepare designation report

Available Resources• Assistance of consulting architectural

historian • 2 interns with preservation expertise to

conduct survey, write descriptions

• 1924 photographs

Factors Considered in Delineating District Boundary

• Consideration of visual or physical boundaries that help define the area

• Consideration of general neighborhood character

• Consideration of historical development patterns

• Analysis of building stock—significance, condition

• Consideration of identifiable concentrations of historic structures that retain sufficient integrity to convey

“The range of styles, areas of significance, and concentrations of related buildings were taken into consideration, seeking to include examples of all areas.”

Mid-19th century neighborhood developed in association with Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad, Portland Company

Post-Fire Development

Turn-of-the-20th-century infill development

Eastern Promenade residences

Observatory context

“Where there are similar concentrations of buildings with the same area of significance and/or architectural styles, the objective was to select the representative concentration with the greatest architectural integrity that could reasonably be part of a contiguous district.”

Assigning Building Classifications within the District

* Landmark* Contributing * Non-Contributing

Landmark

Shailer School

103 Congress

Contributing

Noncontributingbased on date of construction

Noncontributing based on degree/nature of alterations

To be considered a contributing resource in a district, the structure must retain its historic “integrity”

Noncontributing based on degree of

alteration

Context Statement

* Developmenthistory

* Architecture

* Visual characterof neighborhood

Neighborhood Outreach

Historic Preservation Board Review Process

• Site Walks• Boundary Adjustments• Classification Changes• Consideration of Requests for Landmark

Designation

Public Review Process for Proposed Historic District Designation

HP Board Planning Board Council