Specimen Trees in Lawn (Current Primary Name)
Resource Identification
Name
Building Number
(Current Primary Number)
Evaluation
AFRH-W Historic District
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Status
- Contributing (2007-01-01)
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Period(s) of Significance
- Building a Park (1866-1883)
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Area(s) of Significance
- Landscape Architecture
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Relative Level of Significance
- Significant (2006-10-29)
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Quantitative Evaluation
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Criterion A: 3 Criterion B: 0 Criterion C: 3 Criterion D: 1 National Significance: 0 Integrity: 2 Total Score: 9
Other AFRH-W Designations
none recorded
Other Designations
none recorded
Classification
NRHP Resource Type
Site (Landscape)
NRHP Resource Category
Landscape-Related
NRHP Resource Subcategory
Designed Plantings - Stand-Alone Vegetation
Wuzit (original purpose)
Specimen Trees
Important Dates
none recorded
Location
Address
Primary Address
3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
Location Description
none recorded
none recorded
Character Area
Central Grounds
none recordedAFRH-W Master Plan Zone
AFRH Zone - North/Northeast
none recordedPhase 1A Archaeological Zone
Zone 1
none recorded
Description
Architectural Style
n/a
Description
General Description
Part of the 'picturesque landscape' popular during the Period of Significance, specimen trees serve to interrupt the ground plane, providing intermittent focal points and shade. Minutes from the November 4, 1871 Governors' meeting state, "The board are of the opinion that a greater proportion of deciduous trees of brilliant foliage in the Fall should be maintained in future plantings, and that indigenous trees, as many as possible, should be procured from the woods of the Home grounds or vicinity."
Function and Use
Function
Specimen Trees
(Current Primary Function)
Detailed Description
Form Type
none recorded
Measurements
none recorded
Components
none recorded
Modifications
none recorded
Map
Related Resources
Related Character Areas
Central Grounds (is contained within / contains)
