Historic Preservation

Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
Historic Survey and National Register Nomination Application for a 22 acre historic cemetery located in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The cemetery includes monuments and family plots of some of the area’s most prominent citizens from 1850-the present. The cemetery also includes exemplary funerary art and sculpture such as the Russell family monument carved by Daniel Chester French, one of America’s foremost sculptors.

War Memorial Park Preservation Plan, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
The development of a Preservation Plan for one of Massachusetts most historical parks with the period of significance spanning from 1662 to 1938. The project includes assessing and evaluating existing conditions, preparing schematics for park improvements, preservation recommendations for stabilization, safety, short and long term maintenance and preparing a National Register application. The project is being undertaken as a joint venture with Walter Cudnohufsky Associates, of Ashfield, Massachusetts.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management Cultural Resource Inventory Pilot Update Project
A pilot project to study and inventory cultural resources in five state forests and parks, one in each of the five regions across the state of Massachusetts. The project involves assessing the cultural landscape and character defining qualities of each facility, conducting intensive surveys of the selected properties, areas and sites and completing a reconnaissance level survey of archaeological resources within the five DEM forests and parks. Contexts will be identified for National Register evaluation and National Register criteria will be applied to all of the resources identified.

Prospect Park, Holyoke, Massachusetts
Historic Survey and National Register Nomination Application for a ten acre nineteenth century downtown park designed by John Charles Olmsted and the Olmsted Brothers in 1905.

Whitman Park, Whitman, Massachusetts
Historic Survey and National Register Nomination Application for this small town common designed by the Olmsted Brothers in 1900.

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management City and Town Commons
Preservation 2000 Initiative
Preservation planning and landscape architectural services for twenty-six towns throughout Massachusetts that included, historical overviews condition assessments, site evaluation, restoration, maintenance and preservation recommendations. The work is focused on the historic commons, greens, squares and formal parks of the participating municipalities as part of DEM’s Historic Landscape Preservation Grant Program. A community charrette was held for most of the towns and a Citizen Guide to creating and restoring town commons will be produced at the end of the project. The project is being done in coordination with Walter Cudnohufsky Associates and eight other independent consultants.

Comprehensive Communitywide Historic Survey, Maynard, Massachusetts
A comprehensive survey of 185 historic resources in the town of Maynard, Massachusetts. The survey includes documentation, photography, and research on historic bridges, dams, canals, buildings (residential, commercial, institutional and industrial) period neighborhoods and the downtown center. All resources will be formatted according to the Massachusetts Historical Commission standards.

Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Co. and the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts – 1999

Project Landscape architect and Historic preservationist for the design and redevelopment of a historic mill complex built during the nineteenth century. Located along the Deerfield River in the village of Shelburne Falls, the Lamson and Goodnow Mfg. Co. consists of twelve separate three story brick buildings (903,335sf on 20.74 acres). The project included a market analysis, architectural and structural feasibility study for a mixed use development. In addition, conceptual designs were developed for vehicular and pedestrian circulation improvements, parking and landscape design.

As part of the project a feasibility study of the nearby Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum was completed. This included a preliminary lay out for a working electric trolley line, extension of a village park, improved parking and landscaping.

Englands Building, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 1996
Project landscape architect and historic preservationist for the evaluation, assessment and feasibility study of a historically significant 150,000 s.f. department store in downtown Pittsfield. The building was constructed from the early nineteenth to early twentieth century. Evaluation included; a market study, adaptive re-use potential, conceptual designs, structural and environmental evaluation and assessing the impact of demolition on the historic integrity and character of the downtown.

Colle Opera House, Turners Falls, Massachusetts 1996
Preservation consultant for a development feasibility study on a three story downtown historic structure for adaptive re-use and a certified historic rehabilitation. An area traffic and circulation study was part of this feasibility project.

Bank Block, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts 1996
Preservation grant application for the certified rehabilitation of the Bank Block Building located in the Shelburne Falls Historic District This three story brick structure built near the end of the nineteenth century is the home of the Art Bank, offices and several retail establishments.

Cummington Farm; Plainfield, Massachusetts
Preservation consultant for the certified historic rehabilitation and National Register listing of a 200-acre gentleman's farm complex built in 1916. The rehabilitation included landscape and garden preservation and renovating the farm into a restaurant and inn.

Renfrew Mill #2, Adams Corporate Park; Adams, Massachusetts
Project Preservation Planner for the historic assessment and Environmental Impact Report on the significance of proposed development on a nineteenth century brick mill complex. Responsibilities also included developing Design Guidelines for the industrial office park and rehabilitation of the

Colrain Townscape Study; Colrain, Massachusetts
Project Manager for a village center character development and revitalization plan that included a town common design, circulation improvements, and suggested adaptive reuse of structures based on historic, architectural and land use precedence. Informal workshops were utilized over a six-month period with a broad cross section of the community. Public attendance and participation shaped a fifteen-year plan and crystallized a shared community vision.

Northampton Downtown Historic District Extension; Northampton, Massachusetts
Project Manager for research, building survey, documentation and accepted extension of the existing Northampton Downtown Historic District. Inventory and documentation met Massachusetts Historical Commission Standards.

CERTIFIED REHABILITATIONS OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES
The projects below represent successful certified rehabilitations of historic structures that followed the Department of Interior Standards for Certified Historic Rehabilitations. As a result, all projects were awarded in investment tax credit for the certified rehabilitation.

Responsibilities included building research, façade design, and technical assistance to architects and contractors, overseeing the design and development and completing the necessary state and federal documents to complete the projects.

Gare Building, Northampton, MA
Gazette Printing Building, Northampton, MA
Carlson's Building, Northampton, MA
Serio Building, Northampton, MA
D.A. Sullivan School, Northampton, MA
Hawley Grammar School, Northampton, MA
Lithuanian Citizen's Club, Hartford, CT
Myrtle Street School, Indian Orchards, MA
JOAN S. ROCKWELL, ASLA
Selected Project Experience
Historic (continued)
Acushnet Street School, Springfield, MA
Maple Street Townhouses, Springfield, MA
Colonial Block, Springfield, MA
Bowdoin Street Apartments, Springfield, MA
Patton Street Apartments, Springfield, MA
Market Place (three warehouses), Northampton, MA
Graves Avenue Townhouses, Northampton, MA
Cummington Farm, Plainfield, MA
Gangier/Angers House, Springfield, MA

HISTORIC STUDIES, REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
" The Value of Town Centers".
The 1992 fall article of Successful Catskill Communities published by the Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, Inc. This article was written by three Community Vision members. The article looked at how rural communities can build on their assets and their uniqueness to re-evaluate and redefine paths toward both revitalization and self-preservation. The article included general design guidelines for revitalization.

Designing the Future to Honor the Past, Cape Cod Commission and Community Vision, 1992; A Design Guideline Manual for Sustainable Development on Cape Cod. Co-author of a design guideline manual for Cape Cod that is based on the historical and cultural patterns of land use and development. The project included reading the natural and cultural landscape, assessing and evaluating character defining features and applying these to future development. The guidelines are for both the public and private sector for use in the planning and development of new construction, infill, adaptive re-use projects and revitalization efforts. This project was done with the Center for Rural Massachusetts for the Cape Cod Commission. The project received the 1995 APA Outstanding Planning Award for Comprehensive Planning.

Franklin County Rural Historic Landscape Preservation Plan, Franklin County Planning Department; Greenfield, Massachusetts
Author of a comprehensive planning document for the preservation of rural historic landscapes in Franklin County. Twenty-two towns located in Franklin County exhibit a rich cultural heritage based on agrarian and industrial land use.

Identification, historic significance and designation parameters were developed for four categories of working landscapes; these included, the agricultural, recreational, transportation related and commerce and industrial landscapes. Recommendations for action and a Preservation Plan were developed with the participating communities.

“Historic American Building Survey, the Hollywood Park Project”, Springfield,
Massachusetts, Springfield Redevelopment Authority, Springfield, Massachusetts. 1985.
This was a thorough study, assessment and documentation of seven early 19thcentury brick apartment buildings that were slated for demolition as part of a large redevelopment project in the southern part of Springfield.

“Hollywood Park Urban Renewal Project, Springfield Massachusetts”, Environmental
Impact Report: Springfield Redevelopment Authority, Springfield, Massachusetts. 1985 An Environmental Impact Report that addressed the impact of development on the historic fabricand potential status of the area for National Historic District Register listing. The intent of the 13 million-dollar project was to stabilize Springfield’s south end neighborhood through housing, rehabilitation of existing historic structures, reduction in densities and provision for open space.