Intent: EHT Traceries was retained on behalf of the Prospect Street Citizens Association to prepare the landmark nomination following the announcement of development on the site. The landmark nomination was approved by the Historic Preservation Review Board in January 2019. The Georgetown Car Barn, designed by prolific Washington architect Waddy Butler Wood, was constructed between 1895-1897 as one… Read more »
Projects
DC Parks
Intent: Play DC is a city-wide initiative to improve the DC Department of Parks and Recreation’s (DPR) play spaces. DPR, in partnership with the Department of General Services (DGS), and DC Office of planning plan to renovate the District’s park and recreation facilities in order to provide world-class resources to District residents over the next… Read more »
Rosenwald Schools
Intent: Between 1917 and 1932, Julius Rosenwald provided funding for over 5,000 schools for African-American children throughout the rural south and southwest, where segregation limited their access to equal education. Many schools were shuttered in the 1950s and 1960s. Over time, many of the buildings themselves were lost to development or decay. Beginning in the early 2000s, a growing awareness and… Read more »
Thurgood Marshall – Public School 103
Content: Working under the direction of the City of Baltimore Mayor’s Commission on former P.S. 103 and the staff of the Baltimore National Heritage Area, Traceries developed an inventory of extant properties associated with the life and work of Thurgood Marshall, and an inventory of sites within Baltimore City associated with the people and important events of the… Read more »
St. Charles Streetcar Line
Intent: EHT Traceries was retained to research, write, and present a National Historic Landmark Nomination for the St. Charles Streetcar Line. Traceries conducted extensive archival and contextual research to develop an expanded historic context and narrative for the resource. Traceries also conducted onsite survey to document the line’s current condition and contributing resources, which include the route, the… Read more »
Mount Rainier Architectural Conservation Overlay Zone
Intent: EHT Traceries was retained to serve as the lead historic preservation consultant for the development of an Architectural Conservation Overlay Zone and Design Guidelines for the Mount Rainier Historic District. Traceries completed a full update to the original architectural survey, intensively documenting approximately 1,100 properties in the city. Working with the City of Mount Rainier, the Maryland-National Capital… Read more »
Rock Creek & Potomac Parkway
Intent: To support a cooperative mitigation effort between the National Park Service and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, EHT Traceries prepared a Cultural Landscape Report for the Potomac Waterfront Section of the Parkway, extending between Virginia and Constitution Avenues, NW. This portion of the Parkway runs adjacent to and beneath the… Read more »
Rice University Lovett Hall
Intent: Lovett Hall is the iconic centerpiece of Rice University. Designed by revivalist architect Ralph Adams Cram of the firm Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, the Neo-Byzantine style building was the first completed on the university’s campus, housing classrooms, lecture halls, a library, and the office of the president. Rice University is currently studying alternatives for the rehabilitation of Lovett… Read more »
Baltimore Correctional Complex
Intent: Under contract to Penza-Bailey Architects, and in coordination with the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), EHT Traceries prepared Determinations of Eligibility for the Baltimore City Jail and Maryland Penitentiary, as part of Section 106 review of a proposed modernization of the complex. Traceries guided the project through the Section 106 process, held two Consulting Party Meetings prior to… Read more »
Long Bridge Project EIS
Intent: EHT Traceries was retained to contribute to the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Long Bridge project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EIS will develop and consider alternatives to upgrade the Long Bridge corridor and will evaluate the impacts of those alternatives on environmental resources. FRA and DDOT are concurrently… Read more »