2009 VA ASLA Awards

Analysis & Planning Profesional - Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor Management Plan

 

Merit Award 

Project:  Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor Management Plan
Landscape architect: Lardner/Klein Landscape Architects
Project Team / Sub-Consultants: Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, Kimley-Horn and Associates, John Milner Associates, Inc., Heritage Tourism Program, Oldham Historic Properties

The 179-mile corridor from Gettysburg, PA, to Monticello, VA, through the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, is "Where America Happened." It can be said that this corridor holds more historic sites than any other in the U.S. The area through which the Journey Through Hallowed Ground (JTHG) Corridor passes has two World Heritage Sites, Monticello and the Rotunda of the University of Virginia; 13 National Park Units, including Gettysburg National Military Park, Catoctin Mountain Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, and the C&O Canal National Historical Park; 15 National Historic Landmarks, including the Eisenhower National Historic Site, Waterford Historic District, Montpelier, and Oatlands; 60 National Register Historic Districts; a significant concentration of National Register Rural Historic Districts; and more than one million acres listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership (JTHG Partnership) is the organization that has spearheaded the designation of the region as a National Heritage Area, and they realized the need to define and then conserve and enhance a primary travel corridor through the Heritage Area to ensure that the experience of getting from one point to another will be just as interesting and enjoyable as being at one of the many sites and attractions throughout the region.

The JTHG Corridor Management Plan provides for the stewardship of a nationally significant landscape. The Plan presents land use analyses used to determine priority conservation areas associated with the context of historic sites, the viewshed along the travel route and other areas where conservation interests overlapped, such as watershed protection. The Plan outlines strategies for interpreting and telling the stories of this valuable landscape, rich in historical, natural, scenic and recreational resources. Finally, the plan presents an approach - Context Sensitive Solutions - for maintaining and enhancing the unique character of the travel route and the communities along the way.

Jury comments included:
- Impressive volume of work
- Extensive and thorough research
- Successfully condensed an unbelievable amount of history into one document