Euro-Americans have historically marginalized Native Americans at historic sites and museums. This research explores the extent of Native American authority and inclusion at historic sites, with a focus on two Cherokee sites in Georgia – New Echota State Historic Site and the Va…
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Red Clay State Historic Park preserves and commemorates the last capital of the Cherokee Nation prior to removal, the Red Clay Council Ground. Since the forced removal, the land has ever since been contested ground. Whites quickly acquired it and turned what had been a Native Am…
In U.S. history, the displacement of marginalized groups is unfortunately common. In many instances, displacement occurs when government authorities use eminent domain laws to seize land for large-scale projects such as parks, dams, roads, military installations, or urban develo…
This thesis asserts that preservation as a field should recognize the role of the general contractor and the contribution of labor both individually and collectively. By doing this, the field will be putting forth a richer understanding of the process by which buildings were con…
Leadville is among Colorado’s most historic cities, but to date has engaged only fitfully with historic preservation. The city lies at the heart of the Mineral Belt, a 250 mile-long, high altitude geologic hotspot holding rich precious and industrial metals spread across Colorad…
Elam Alexander was a well-known early citizen of Macon, Georgia. He gained prominence as a patron of local rail lines, the endower of the city’s first school system, and as an architect and builder. This work analyzes his story as well as the buildings attributed to him in an ef…
New Jersey’s coast, known as the Jersey Shore, spans 130 miles along the Atlantic Ocean. From Sandy Hook to Cape May, the coast holds over 40 municipalities, with many historic seaside resort towns. Inspired by their predecessors in England and early resorts in America, New Jers…
The goal of this work is to provide researchers, preservationists, and historians with an in-depth look of the treatment of graves and gravesites over time by Bethel United Methodist Church and Old Bethel United Methodist Church in Charleston, South Carolina. This data can hopef…
The built environment is an open archive—a twenty-four-hour museum of the past. The tangible, experiential nature of the urban built environment—streets, valleys, buildings, and bridges—helps historians uncover stories not always accessible in textual sources. The richness of th…
The growth of the railroad industry in the United States began on the east coast in 1803 and quickly spread westward, culminating in its ultimate link with the west coast via the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. Monumental train terminals—a new building type at the time—were c…
This research examines historic preservation, sustainability, and environmental hazards in the face of climate change in reference to World Heritage Sites; particularly focusing on the question: Can UNESCO World Heritage Sites be conserved and protected in the face of climate ch…
On January 9, 1866, a formal ceremony opened the doors of Fisk Free Colored School to educate whites and newly freed slaves in Nashville, Tennessee. This dissertation will argue that from the institution’s opening in 1866, Fisk University Library evolved from a passive role of p…
The objective of this thesis is to provide insight into the rise of Gilded Age residential architecture in the chateauesque style and its connection to the American Dream. As the United States is a country of immigrants, demographically from Europe in the 19th century, castles a…
This thesis addresses the practice of historic preservation, situating preservation and tourism as substantial arms of the Lost Cause movement in the late nineteenth-century. Through this case study of the Association of the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA), I illustr…
Residents in mining towns of the U.S. West face a troubling quandary in their attempts to preserve historical evidence of their town’s industrial past, because that evidence threatens their health. The 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CE…
There is a common misperception that historic sites cannot be maintained once they are included in a wilderness designation. This conflict ultimately does a disservice to both heritage and wilderness resources. To that end, this thesis provides a baseline inventory of all known …
Lucy the Margate Elephant is a historic structure located in Margate, New Jersey. She was constructed by James V. Lafferty in 1881 and is shaped like an Asian elephant. The elephant was in danger of demolition but was saved by a group of volunteers in the 1970s known as the Save…
The urban imaginary has been offered as a tool for conceiving the interaction between the meanings that places hold in popular imagination and the way these meanings are materialized through a variety of spatialized practices. This thesis examines this interaction, particularly …
The proliferation of the automobile, and the uniquely American car-culture that came as a result, led to the development of a variety of auto-centric building types, including automobile showrooms. Although Virginia’s mid-century architecture has received greater research over t…