Browsing by Author "Center for Historic Architecture and Engineering"
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Item Delaware Threatened Buildings Survey: Guidelines for Documentation of Threatened ResourcesCenter for Historic Architecture and EngineeringThe dramatic transformations that have taken place in Delaware's rural and urban landscapes over the past decade have exacted a tremendous and irreversible toll on the built environment. Abandonment, vandalism, demolition, and uninformed renovations have contributed to the overall loss of material even in New Castle County and the City of Wilmington, where preservation planners have gained some measure of cooperation from responsive property owners in terms of partial funding for historic structures documentation. The following guidelines will act as standards that will provide for the documentation of threatened structures throughout the state at a level appropriate to their individual significance and integrity.Item Threatened Resources Documented in Delaware, 1989-1990: Crossan House(1990-08) Herman, Bernard L.; Lanier, Gabrielle M.; Cesna, Valerie; Center for Historic Architecture and EngineeringThe Crossan House is an important example of the domestic architecture built by New Castle County's rural elite population of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is significant because it retains nearly all of its original interior finish, including mantels, baseboards, and chair rails.