St. Mary's College of Maryland Preservation Master Plan

St. Mary’s College of MarylandPreservation Master PlanHistoric St. Mary’s City February 2008The Study AreaThe study area addressed within the Preservation MasterPlan is partially located within the St. Mary’s City NationalHistoric Landmark District and includes properties ownedby the College, Historic St. Mary’s City, and TrinityChurch. The Landmark District serves as an archeologicalcommemoration of Maryland’s colonial-period history, butdoes not include the standing structures belonging to thethree institutions.The preservation plan’s study area, which includes Calvertand St. Mary’s Hall, the State House, and Trinity Church,lies within the boundaries of what is known, for planningpurposes, as the historic sector of campus. The historicsector contains academic, administrative, residential, andrecreational facilities associated with the college, as well asthe Church and related support buildings, the State Houseand the Historic St. Mary’s City Post Office. The historicsector is roughly triangular in shape and lies between Rt. 5and the St. Mary’s River. Old Brome’s Wharf Rd. and OldState Rd. intersect at its center.The Planning ProcessThe Preservation Master Plan was developed througha collaborative effort between the Steering Committee,including representatives of St. Mary’s College of Maryland,Historic St. Mary’s City, and Trinity Episcopal Church,and the outside preservation planning consultant JMA.The JMA project team met with the Steering Committeebefore initiating fieldwork and background research toform establish the boundaries of the study area, whichwas restricted to the historic sector. Team memberscarefully studied past documentation on the sites andassessed the existing conditions of the landscape and thebuilt environment, including the status of archeologicalinvestigations within the historic sector. Backgroundresearch helped to assess the overall historic significanceof various resources. Based upon fieldwork and evaluationof existing conditions, recommendations for the futuremanagement of the landscape and the built environmentwere formulated and presented. Periodic presentationsand draft report submissions were reviewed by the SteeringCommittee. Their comments and concerns are reflected inthe final Preservation Master Plan.Page 1-4