HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Amy Boulris-Opinion by Ellen UguccioniSummary of Opinion by
Ellen J. Uguccioni
Cultural Resource and
Historic Preservation Consultant
City Commission Meeting
February 25, 2016
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All 13 cited examples were voluntary
designations in which primary significance was
not analyzed, much less decided
• Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
• Gesu Church and Rectory
• Plymouth Congregational Church
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church
• Ebenezer Methodist Church (House of God of Nazarene Church)
• St. John's Baptist Church (St. John Institutional Baptist Church)
• Bryan Memorial Methodist Church
• Central Baptist Church
• First Presbyterian Church
• St. Agnes Episcopal Church
• Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
• Christ Episcopal Church
• First Church of Christ Scientist
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NO PRECEDENT
• Supplemental report claims precedent of primary
significance other than religious
• Designation Reports for those churches, however,
do not discuss or apply the primary significance
standard
• Grossly misleading
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Integrity of Setting is a Prerequisite
• Sec. 23-4. — Designation of historic resources,
historic districts, and archaeological sites and
zones.
• (a) Criteria for designation. Properties may designated
as historic resources, historic districts, or archaeological
sites and zones only if they significance in the historical,
cultural, archaeological, paleontological, aesthetic, or
architectural heritage of the city, state, or nation; possess
integrity of design, setting, materials, workmanship,
feeling and association; and meet one or more of the
following criteria...
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To designate a religious structure, the
historical or architectural significance
must exceed its religious significance
Regardless of the fact that the specific school building has been demolished, the existing chapel structure,
which remains largely unchanged from when it was constructed, provides enough context to allow the site
to still represent an embodiment of the social and cultural events that have been identified as significant to
the Miami community. The National Park Service, How to Apply the National Register Criteria for
Evaluation NATIONAL REGISTER BULLETIN states:
A property important for association with an event, historical pattern, or person(s) ideally might
retain some features of all seven aspects of integrity: location, design, setting, materials,
workmanship, feeling, and association. Integrity of design and workmanship, however, might not
be as important to the significance, and would not be relevant if the property were a site. A basic
integrity test for a property associated with an important event or person is
contemporary would recognize the property as it exists today.'
whether a historical
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Loss of Integrity of Setting
• Sisters of "Our Lady of the Assumption" School
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