PRESERVATION TREATMENT

INTRODUCTION

TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY

TREATMENT FRAMEWORK

TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS

NATURAL SYSTEMS

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

LAND USE

CIRCULATION

VEGETATION

BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES

CONSTRUCTED WATER FEATURES

VIEWS & VISTAS

SMALL-SCALE FEATURES

This section presents preservation treatment guidelines and recommendations for the short- and long-term planning, design, and management of the Bassett Farms cultural landscape. Inherent is the objective of preserving the character-defining features from the period of significance (1871-1967) that convey the vernacular and designed landscape’s historic significance and integrity. These preservation treatment and design guidelines address the landscapes associated with Home Place, Blum Place, and Hirshfield Farm. Other landscapes that are part of the Bassett Farms Conservancy properties, including the Hopewell Freedom Colony, will be addressed in future planning documents.

This chapter contains three sections that provide different levels of guidance which will be useful at various times during the cultural landscape preservation treatment implementation and management process. They are:

1. Treatment Philosophy outlines the high-level vision and goals for managing the landscape as a cultural resource, including the intent of the primary treatment and specific considerations for long-term planning and management. This section is useful when larger scale or longer-term decisions are being considered for the future of Bassett Farms or when opportunities and issues arise that are not directly addressed in the Preservation Treatment and Guidelines

2. Treatment Approach identifies the primary treatment approach (rehabilitation), why it was chosen to guide cultural landscape preservation decisions and lists the established standards for that approach as codified in The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Cultural Landscapes.

3. Preservation Treatment and Design Guidelines identifies opportunities for compatible physical site changes, programming, and maintenance that reflect the rehabilitation treatment approach, vision, and goals for the site’s continued use. Recommendations address site issues that have been articulated by Preservation Texas and its partners, including programming, operations and maintenance, visitor experience, and climate change.