St. Mary's College of Maryland Preservation Master Plan

St. Mary’s College of MarylandPreservation Master PlanHistoric St. Mary’s City February 2008St. Mary’s, and Kent Halls); Trinity Precinct (Church andcemetery); State House Precinct (State House area); andRiparian Precinct (Church Point and waterfront).Chapter 6: Landscape Treatment GuidelinesThe treatment guidelines for landscapes address specificlandscape resource issues and opportunities as identified inthe existing conditions analysis. The guidelines are formattedsimilar to the existing conditions chapter and are brokendown by character area and specific landscape categories,such as views, landscape structures, and vegetation.Chapter 7: Recommendations for Cultural LandscapeResourcesThe recommendations for landscape resources providea “broad-brush” overview on caring for, maintaining, andpreserving historic landscape features. The generalizedrecommendations could be applied not only to the studyarea, but to features found throughout the College, City, andChurch landholdings.Chapter 8: Existing Conditions: Historic BuildingsChapter 8 includes two distinct sections. The first containsdetailed assessments of existing conditions of the fourbuildings specifically identified for the project: Calvert Hall,St. Mary’s Hall, Trinity Church, and the State House. Thisassessment covers exterior and interior conditions andtouches on additional topics such as life-safety and internalsystems. The second component includes a summary ofexisting conditions and historical significance statementsfor nine other historic buildings located just outside butadjacent to the boundaries of the historic sector.Chapter 9: Architectural Treatment GuidelinesGeneral treatment guidelines for specific architecturalmaterials and features commonly found on the buildingsincluded within this report are provided in Chapter 9. Theguidelines address conditions specific to the study areabut can also be applied to buildings outside of the studyarea to address maintenance and repair concerns. Thetreatment guidelines cover various building elements suchas concrete, masonry, windows, doors, roofs, and paint.Chapter 10: Building Specific RecommendationsChapter 10 provides detailed recommendations, organizedinto three levels of importance, for work necessary at eachof the four historic buildings: Calvert Hall, St. Mary’s Hall,Trinity Church, and the State House. Recommendations arebroken down first by building, then by level of importance,Page 1-7