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Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP) Grant_Four Mounds Copyrighted April 16, 2018 City of Dubuque Consent Items # 15. ITEM TITLE: Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP) Grant Application for Four Mounds SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of a resolution in support of Four Mounds Foundation's application for the Historic Resource Development Program for site and landscape improvements to the Four Mounds Estate. RESOLUTION Approving HRDP Grant Application to State Historic Preservation Office for Improvements at Four Mounds Estate Historic District SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Adopt Resolution(s) ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Four Mounds Estate HRDP Grant Application-NNM City Manager Memo Memo Laura memo Staff Memo GrantApplication Supporting Documentation Resolution Resolutions THE CITY OF Dubuque � AIFA�erlwGh UB E '�� III► Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°'�w'2 7A13 2017 TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Historic Resource Development Program Grant Application for Four Mounds Estate DATE: April 5, 2018 Planning Services Manager Laura Carstens recommends City Council approval of a resolution in support of Four Mounds Foundation's application for the Historic Resource Development Program for site and landscape improvements to the Four Mounds Estate. Since the City of Dubuque owns the property, the grant program requires written City approval of the request. I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval. �� Mic ael C. Van Milligen �� MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager Laura Carstens, Planning Services Manager THE CTTY OF Dubuque �" ui��eNe�ary DUB E 'il��i;' Masterpiece on the Mississippi Z°°' Z°'Z 2013 2017 TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Laura Carstens, Planning Seroices Manager - SUBJECT: HRDP Grant Application for Four Mounds Estate DATE: April 5, 2018 INTRODUCTION This memo transmits for City Council approval, the Four Mounds Foundation's application for a Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP) Grant for site and landscape improvements to the Four Mounds Estate. Since the City of Dubuque owns the property, the grant program requires written City approval of the request. The grant application, supporting documents, letter of support, and resolution are enclosed. DISCUSSION The State Historic Preservation Office annually awards HRDP grant funds for competitive projects that help to preserve, conserve, interpret, enhance, and educate the public about lowa's historical assets. The City has received HRDP grants for Four Mounds and other historic preservation projects in the past. The Four Mounds Estate Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as both a City Landmark Site and a City park. The Four Mounds Foundation seeks HRDP funding toward site and landscape improvements at the Four Mounds Estate. Executive Director Chris Olson has provided this project summary: Using the 2011 Landscape Heritaqe Assessment: An illustrated site plan for the Historic Four Mounds Estate, we will restore the landscape at the center of Four Mounds- the driving circle and entrance at the front of the 1908 Grey House. The restoration process included the careful examination of 1908 A. Phelps Wyman landscape plan, original correspondence, planting plans, historic photos and documents, and assessment of extant historic landscape material guided our consultants Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company, LLC (landscape architectural firm) and Frank Edgerton Martin, LLC (landscape historian) to create the assessment. Utilizing input from Four Mounds and the community, we developed a plan that restores the original intent and lost material, while making modifications to replace invasive species with native and disease resistant cultivars. The assessment is for the entire property, so further clarification and plans are needed for the highly visible and detailed planting at the Grey House entrance. The process will retain a local landscape planner and nursery to detail and then 1 implement the plan. The project includes: the cost of the local landscape professional, planting material, labor and implementation, two community engagement workshops, and interpretive signage about the history and landscape. We anticipate an award in summer 2018, planning in winter 2018, implementation of the restoration spring 2019, first workshop at the same time, and the second workshop in summer 2019. The City has a long collaboration with the Four Mounds Foundation in stewardship of the historic architecture, historic landscape, cultural heritage and archeology of this City landmark site. The City's Historic Preservation Commission has the responsibility to promote the protection, enhancement, and perpetuation of City landmarks through outreach, education, and design review. The ecological restoration of this historic landscape is crucial for the continued opportunity to promote and conduct educational and interpretive programs on key historic sites like the Four Mounds Estate. BUDGETIMPACT The Project Budget is summarized below. A full budget is enclosed. HRDP Grant Request $23,227 Cash Match 7,150 (City share = $250) In-Kind Match 6,589 Total $36,966 As a Certified Local Government, the City of Dubuque is required to provide training for the Historic Preservation Commission and support staff. This project will help fulfill that requirement. The only City expense for local match will be $250.00 from the Planning Services DepartmenYs FY 2019 Operating Budget for the City Planning/Historic Preservation Activity in the Education/training line item 10062700-62360 in the amount of$2,151 .00. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council approve the Four Mounds Foundation's application for an HRDP Grant for site and landscape improvements to the Four Mounds Estate. The Four Mounds Foundation's dedication to preserving and interpreting the site's history offers enriching and engaging experiences to visitors and residents, furthering the social and cultural vibrancy of our community. This project will further this effort. REQUESTED ACTION The requested action is to adopt the enclosed resolution in support of Four Mounds Foundation's application for the HRDP Grant for site and landscape improvements to the Four Mounds Estate. Enclosures cc: Marie Ware, Leisure Services Manager Jenny Larson, Budget Director 2 Prepared by: Laura Carstens, City Planner Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St, Dubuque, IA 52001 Telephone: 589-4210 Return to: Kevin Firnstahl, City Clerk Address: City Hall, 50 W. 13th St, Dubuque, IA 52001 Telephone: 589-4121 RESOLUTION NO. 94-18 RESOLUTION APPROVING HRDP GRANT APPLICATION TO STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT FOUR MOUNDS ESTATE HISTORIC DISTRICT Whereas, the State Historic Preservation Office has allocated Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP) grant funds for projects that help to preserve, conserve, interpret, enhance, and educate the public about Iowa's historical assets; and Whereas, the City of Dubuque has adopted the 2017 Comprehensive Plan that includes goals for educating the community about the benefits of historic preservation. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA: Section 1. The Four Mounds Foundation is hereby authorized to submit the HRDP Grant application to the State Historic Preservation Office for improvements at the Four Mounds Estate Historic District, which is property owned by the City of Dubuque. Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized as the property owner representative on the HRDP Ownership Certification Form for the application. Passed, approved and adopted this 16th day of April, 2018. David T. Resnick, Mayor Pro -Tem Attest: Kevi(S. Firnstahl, Ci y Clerk F:\Users\LCARSTEN\WP\GRANTS\GRANTS - Four Mounds\FY18 HRDP Grant App Resolution.doc Application of Four Mounds Foundation to Historic Resources Development Program (HRDP) For restoration of the Grey House Driving Circle Landscape The following is narratiue for the online application that is due 4-25-18. The application is largely complete, so this submission is in late-draft form. Project Budget: $36,966 Grant Request: $23,227 Annlicant Profile Four Mounds is charged with management and stewardship of Iowa's last remaining intact gentleman's farm. Our mission is to preserve, serve and educate, and we do this through natural, historic and archeological resource preservation and operation of a variety of educational and recreational programs. The estate is owned by the City of Dubuque, but we have 100% responsibility for all aspects of revenue generation, operations, and programs. We have raised and invested millions to restore and repurpose the estate's 17 structures, as well as the natural and cultured landscape. In addition to the 60 acres at Four Mounds, we have partnership and management responsibility for another 110 acres of largely undeveloped land along the Mississippi. We transformed Four Mounds from a private, residential site to one that now hosts approximately 25,000 visitors a year- doing so with a conservative approach that has the least negative impact on the estate's integrity. In addition, our community programs reach hundreds of individuals each week. All together, we partner with over 30 local, state and regional organizations to carry out youth, preservation training and local foods programming. Our site is open the public as a park 365 days/year; we operate our Inn & Conference Center; offer organic community gardens; house a phenomenal Challenge Ropes Course and lead the successful Winter Farmers' Market. Our program diversity helps expose Four Mounds to Iowans & Midwesterners from all walks of life. We have partnered to train dozens of Dubuquers in the trade of stained glass restoration at Steeple Square, building a capacity of young people and artisans in Dubuque who know how to care for stained glass. Daily we train high school youth in preservation and homebuilding through the HEART Program, restoring and renovating historic structures for first time homeowners. Four Mounds is dedicated to connecting citizens to Dubuque's culture and history. Snecifically identify the historical resource and state its significance The Four Mounds estate was largely built between 1908-1940, when the two main families who owned the estate built their homes and supporting buildings. In 1908, Viola & George Burden built what came to be known as the Grey House (a Lawrence Buck design). Chicago based A. Phelps Wyman was hired as their landscape architect, and thoughtfully laid out our farm campus buildings, winding lanes, vistas and stone features including retaining walls, walkways, birdbaths, a sundial, stone gates and walls, rough cut curbing and an earthen root cellar. His theories and plans are outlined in letters and renderings. This project is the restoration of the our entrance, or the Grey House driving circle, central to our historic site. We are utilizing our 2011 Landscape Heritage Assessment as a guide for this project. Pages 11-13 of that plan outline Wyman's approach to planning a cultured landscape on the bluff top site. Wyman brought the natural aesthetic to Four Mounds, and the culminating result was a gentleman's farm overlooking the Mississippi River, naturally landscaped and populated with pleasant buildings, harmonious design, and interesting site features. The site is the only intact gentleman's farm in Iowa today according to Ralph Christian (IA SHPO). While other gentleman's farms have been lost to demolition, acreage sell-off and suburban or urban encroachment, we've actively worked to expand ours, acquiring natural buffers and using conservation easements as protection tools. What results is that 21st Century visitors get to experience this quiet respite similar to the way it was experienced during our time of significance in the late 1930s. The Four Mounds Foundation adopted the 1930s as the period of interpretation for the site, when both families occupied the two main residences and the majority of buildings were already built/modified for practical use. By this time, the estate's plantings were well established, but there were still natural savannas and bluff land extant, the same landscape that attracted the Burden family to the site 30 years prior. The site has two listings on the National Register of Historic Places: the entire site as a historic district, and a listing for the namesake Native American burial mounds, dating to the Middle-Late Woodland period. Both designations state local significance, but the rarity of the site in Iowa indicates that it likely has a state significance worth revisiting. We are an active Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area partner and a Dubuque Landmark Site. A Phase I archeological survey of the cultured grounds revealed few tangible artifacts, but indicated a history of heavy farming prior to 20th century development and a very cleanly kept site by the Burdens. The document is used a reference tool when undertaking any projects. Through private & public partnership, easements, acquisition, land stewardship and restoration, created a quiet context for the gentleman's farm, providing a positive visitor experience similar to that of the early 20th century. Because Four Mounds is remarkably intact, we are preserving and restoring it as an integrated cultural and historic landscape that weaves indigenous and designed landscapes with architecture for farming and country life. The Four Mounds estate was established in the middle of the gentleman farm movement, when wealthy men worked in cities and retreated at night to their country estates. Located four miles from Dubuque's city center, the automobile made it possible to have the farm while maintaining a professional career. The farm was idyllic, in an age where the industrialization and modernization of agriculture and cities was an affront to the sensibilities of many. George R. Burden saw his farm as a testing ground for "Scientific Agriculture", publishing in agricultural journals. Eggs, dairy, flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruits and meats were produced for the people who lived and worked on the estate, but never sold for profit. The farm campus includes the barn/garage, chauffeur & gardener houses, lower garage, hog shed, chicken coop, ice house, and root cellar. A PIONEERING MODEL FOR LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION: We are the in the process of updating our 2011 Landscape Heritage Assessment [by Jeffrey L. Bruce & Associates (JLB, Landscape Architects) with Frank Edgerton Martin (FEM, landscape historian) incorporating new plans for site accessibility, trail development, and restoration/conservation of the natural landscape. This document continues to provide us with a guide to restoring and maintaining the cultured grounds, with updates that allow us to protect the environment and make it more accessible. As leaders in cultural landscape preservation and ecological design, JLB is pioneering a new preservation model with us to integrate the character-defining features of the designed landscape with state-of-the-art strategies for integrated water management, fire protection and native forest and prairie management. Four Mounds offers a lesson for historic preservation architects and landscape architects nationwide. Working with our landscape historian, the process for undertaking this planning has been written about in national journals and the plan received a national Plannine & Analvsis Merit Award from the American Societv of Landscaue Architects. PRESERVATION FOCUS- THE GREY HOUSE CIRCLE DRIVE: Working with JLB, the future restoration of the circle drive in front of the Grey House can become a focus point for sharing the process of historic landscape preservation and restoration and how it can be implemented. This "front door" entry opens up a beautiful, well-tended landscape set with in a bluffland woods. The circle drive is a defining space that ties Four Mounds together, introducing visitors to all its historic periods and cultures from Indians of the Woodland Era to the lives of the Burdens and their staff who live alongside them, and our social outreach mission today. Provide an overview of the activities you will complete. How are these activities relevant to vour mission? Identifv nroiect nartners and their resnonsibilities. LANDSCAPE PRESERVATION & RESTORATION: Using the 2011 Landscaue Heritaee Assessment: An illustrated site ulan for the Historic Four Mounds Estate, we will restore the landscape at the center of Four Mounds- the driving circle and entrance at the front of the 1908 Grey House. The restoration process included the careful examination of 1908 A. Phelps Wyman landscape plan, original correspondence, planting plans, historic photos and documents, and assessment of extant historic landscape material guided our consultants Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company, LLC (landscape architectural firm) and Frank Edgerton Martin, LLC (landscape historian) to create the assessment. Utilizing input from Four Mounds and the engagement of the community and partners, we developed a plan that restores the original intent and lost material, while making modifications to replace invasive and disease-prone species with native and disease-resistant cultivars. The assessment is for the entire property, so further clarification and plans are needed for the highly visible and detailed planting at the Grey House entrance. The process will retain a local landscape planner and nursery (Chris Frommelt, Ridge Road Nursery) to detail and then implement the plan. The project includes the cost of the local landscape professional, planting material, labor and implementation, two community engagement workshops, and interpretive signage about the history and landscape. WORKSHOPS: We plan to share our knowledge from this process with our Dubuque and wider preservation communities through two different workshops geared to different audiences. Restoration Plantine Workshou: In the Spring of 2019, during the project implementation, we will hold two volunteer days where we anticipate engaging up to 25 community members. These sessions will be held by our staff and our consultant, Chris Frommelt, where we invite community members to learn about the restoration process and history of the site while helping to plant the shrubbery on Day 1 and the herbaceous perennials on Day 2. The days will consist of educational sessions about the history and the process used for the restoration of the circle's landscape, followed by planting sessions led by Frommelt and horticultural educator, Laura Klavitter. Workshop attendees will learn about the history, the restoration process, ecosystems and plantings around historic buildings, and practical knowledge through the professional led planting process. Lunch is provided and we'll also be giving away non-historic and non-invasive removed plant material to volunteers. There is no cost for this workshop. Landscaue Restoration Workshou: During the Summer of 2020, a full year after the initial planting, we will hold an educational workshop marketed to professionals of Iowa and our tri-state region which will share our process for creating a Landscape Heritage Plan. Our plan is unusual in that it is a comprehensive approach to blending the needs of our site today with a scholarly restoration approach. Four Mounds will coordinate the workshop, with presenters including Jeff Bruce (Landscape Architect), Frank Martin (Landscape Historian), Chris Frommelt (Planner & Nursery), and Laura Carstens (City Planning Director, site owner representative). We will work with our partners with Dubuque's HPC and non- profit Heritage Works; coordinate with IA, IL & WI SHPOs, Preservation Iowa, Landmarks Illinois, and the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation. We will reach out to Jo Davies Conservation Foundation, the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, our local Master Gardeners, Prairie Enthusiasts and the US Fish & Wildlife Services for marketing. This workshop will include lunch and the price will be $25 to cover food and supply expenses. Scholarships will be provided to encourage our HP commissioners to pursue education for CLG purposes. INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE: We will install a 2'x3' interpretive sign that highlights the history of the Grey House and the historic landscape of Four Mounds. This sign will be consistent with other signs on the property that follow the standards of Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. This is part of a larger strategy to continue to interpret Four Mounds' history to our day visitors. PARTNERS: Our team includes the City of Dubuque (owner, technical assistance, workshop help, funding) and our project partner; Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (technical assistance with interpretation); Jeffrey L. Bruce & Associates (Landscape Architect, for project and workshop help); Frank Edgerton Martin (Landscape Historian, for project and workshop help); Chris Frommelt (Landscape Planner & Nursery, for project and workshop help); and Laura Klavitter (local horticulturalist and educator, for workshop help). Thirteen marketing partners are listed in the "Workshops" section of this question. FUNDING PARTNERS: The City of Dubuque HPC has committed $250 to cover costs of the workshops, in addition to assistance in marketing and sending HPC commissioners. Jeff Bruce, Frank Martin, Chris Frommelt and other local professionals have agreed to waive presenter stipends at our workshops. Four Mounds will host out-of-town speakers at our inn. Four Mounds has committed other in-hand funding as financial match for the project. OFFERING CEUs: Our workshops agendas will be submitted to various professional organizations for review in order to offer CEUs or similar accreditation for planning (APA), landscape architecture (ASLA), historic preservation, ecological restoration and other relevant fields. Our local planning office will work to ensure that HPC commissioners with CLGs can receive credit for continued training. How will the proposed activities assist the historical resource? LANDSCAPE: The Grey House Circle landscape is one part a larger landscape at Four Mounds. We have a remarkable history of the landscape, but some of the historical plantings have been detrimental to Four Mounds, crowding out natives, increasing stormwater runoff, and therefore damaging our built landscape with loss of soil and erosion. Our landscape is changing in other ways as well, exhibited by the death and removal of a signature 110+ year old Dutch Elm in 2018, an original planting from 1908 that towered for years over the Grey House Circle. Loss of material like this drastically reduces canopy and changes the microclimate of the landscape, increasing solar exposure. The original plan included exotic species that are damaging to the environment and need removal, as we work to also restore the 45 acres surrounding the cultured grounds. DISEASE-PRONE SPECIES: Originally specified species (like the Paper Birch, Austrian Pine, and Persian Lilac) on our 1908 Landscape Plan are today prone to disease. We've lost many trees and plants over the years, so the new plan calls for new disease-prone cultivars that can live with the funguses and exotic insects presenttoday. IMPROVED VARIETIES & REPLACEMENT OF EXOTIC SPECIES: Tatarian Honeysuckle was originally specked and planted in our cultured areas, but has taken over our natural areas, wrapping and choking trees, sometimes creating a hammock-like structure that raises the woodland floor 2-3 feet up, making it impassible. These same species were planted in our Grey House Circle. Over the past five years, Four Mounds has committed over $50,000 in resources restoring our natural areas from overgrown woodland, areas that presented almost no native species in comparison to the savanna that was present during our period of significance. As we work to remove exotic bittersweet, honeysuckle and buckthorn across the entire landscape that is part of this National register Historic District, we need to ensure that we're consistent with our approach in the cultured areas to replace those invasive species with native, congruent cultivars and species that are complimentary to the historic plan. Non-native species and shallow rooted grasses promote storm water runoff on our site that funnels down our hillside to our historic winding lane to Peru Rd. When visitors arrive at Four Mounds, there's an unsettling sight, a very deep ditch along the along the edge of that lane. It is neither historic (photographic evidence exists) nor natural for a native landscape. It's the result of years of runoff from our site. Honeysuckle and Japanese Barberry, specked on our original landscape plan, forms dense masses that prevent other plants from growing underneath it and their shallow root structure does not hold the earth. It fails to allow for rainfall absorption while creating runoff and soil loss, literally changing the cultured landscape. Consistent treatment with ecologically sustainable, native planting solutions is key to restoring the landscape and historic features of the entire historic site. We need to address the whole site holistically, even though our approach for cultured and natural areas is very different. RELATIONSHIP TO SURROUNDING SITE: The entire site was designated a historic district, and we're working to restore all of Four Mounds, the landscape, natural areas, structures and infrastructure. Although the cultured landscape around the house seems contained, the introduction of new species in 1908 had a lasting effect on our surrounding lands. Overall, Iowa's loss of gentleman's farms happen with demolition, neglect, sell off of surrounding lands, and loss of context. Four Mounds is Iowa's sole remaining intact gentleman's farm, and we have worked doggedly over the past 30 years to protect it from demolition originally, preserve it, and continue to expand the experience by acquiring or protecting adjacent lands, or partnering with neighbors to ensure that we buffer it from inappropriate development and industrial noise pollution. Maintaining this many acres of diverse bluffland are not easy. Four Mounds may not look threatened, but that is only because of the diligence to use many tools for protection including register listing, landmarking, easements, partnership, buffer purchasing, ecological restoration and strict protection of the historic structures and landscape. WORKSHOPS: The Landscape Restoration Workshop not only helps educate other historic sites and the public, but it helps expose us to other projects and sites, allowing us to learn from a community. SIGNAGE: New signage will allow us to reach any visitors that come to our site. How will the project impact the local community? Describe the public value of the proposed project to Iowans. Four Mounds Foundation exists as a friends group to the site that is owned by the City of Dubuque. However, we receive no line-item funding from the city. We are entirely responsible for all fundraising, management and liability for the estate. This unique relationship means that the community resource is made available at no cost to the taxpayers. As a superbly intact gentleman's farm, we actively buffer the site from development (partnering with Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation) affording natural views of the Mississippi River and experience of the site's serenity. Four Mounds is one of only a few places in Dubuque where the public has an unimpeded panoramic view of the largely undeveloped lands along the Mississippi River. We are open 365 days a year to the public (grounds & trails). Many buildings (woodshop, barn, White House and Grey House and outbuildings) are open during business hours. Our active youth programs make our site available for recreational and educational purposes to approximately 300 youth annually at no cost to over 90% of participants. Additionally, we reach thousands annually on our Ropes Course. Operation of our Inn & Conference Center (Grey House, Cabin and now the White House) means that the public can intimately experience Four Mounds similar to the way it was intended. We offer facilities/services to non-profits at a reduced rate, often at no cost. We host an estimated 25,000 visitors to Four Mounds annually and serve hundreds more on a weekly basis through our community programming: connecting farmers and consumers at Winter Farmer's Market and training young people through the Housing Education & Rehabilitation Partnership and stained glass restoration at Steeple Square. This project is part of a larger plan to restore our landscape and enhance the site for all visitors. The plan that is currently being updated includes tripling parking including allowing for bus parking (sensitively shielding parking areas from main public vistas), developing both ADA accommodations across the grounds and trails, introduction of a visitor station with accessible restrooms, ADA planning for opening the Grey and White Houses to people with disabilities, introduction of firefighting capacity, restoration of the landscape on both natural and cultured grounds, reduction of runoff and erosion along with the replacement of roads for increased capacity and safety, interpretive signage throughout the site, water fountains, wayfinding, trail upgrades, We understand that the process we undertook to plan for the landscape restoration was remarkable. That process started with researching and digitizing our archives, to engaging stakeholders to help develop a Landscape Heritage Plan (which won a national award for an innovative and inclusive approach), and now is using the plan on a micro-level to replace aging landscape at our estate center in a sustainable way that reflects the intent of the original landscape architect (A. Phelps Wyman), while meeting today's use and ecological needs. We always believe in sharing knowledge and learned lessons with the others. We look forward to both engaging community members in the Volunteer Days as a way to educate them about the process, as well as presenting an Educational Workshop to educate professionals across our region that work relevant fields. The Volunteer Days will be a free events, and the only reason we are charging a fee for the educational workshop is to ensure that professionals are invested in attending, as we'll have limited space for 30 people. (We plan to offer scholarships with our partners, as in the case of training HPC members or reaching those who need financial assistance.) We will seek opportunities to offer CEUs for the workshops from appropriate partners, as outlined in question 2. We plan to also have smaller pruning & maintenance workshops and garden walks for the public, where we have the opportunity to teach people techniques and strategies for planting and maintaining healthy and historic landscapes, working with our membership committee on these days. As an SSNHA partner, our site presents a unique opportunity to tell the story of a gentleman's farm within the larger context of the modernization and industrialization of American agriculture. HRDP last helped us with restoration of our historic 1908 barn in 2016, which helped us leverage exterior restoration on the barn and seven other buildings at Four Mounds. 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Four Mounds Foundation Dubuque, lowa _ �`r � r ` - �� '� '-��1': �:� r �;�Tf*i � y\� , E - � y��-� �� . .� ' ��L 1 � � 7 a � � L :X' - � �� . �' � __� .�1�... � �" �' '" .�s � `� � L . ;� — , �= _ � — ��. - .:� . SUBMITTED BY: Jeffrey L Bruce & Company, LLC. �90]SwikStree4 Suite204,North Kansas City,Mismuri 64��6, 8�F.84b8999,www.jlbmcemm Frank Edgerton Martin, LLC. Oak Grove SGeetfi]�4,Minneapolis,Minnuota55403,6�2 964.]993,www.fankedgertnnmartinmm Dated: July, 2011 . _ > > . s e ;�e. � . . _ . . �« • . . r �' . . , �i , - • ; . �.��w .=It .:� / �' + �� . '� �► ' '�"� ,- , _ � _ F - , � � � , _ � � � `,.� _L,t _ �,� � � 't-- , r.. . , . �, ��t � :�. �� . � ��n _ . , �� r . �, i.� _ ��, . ,., ,�- � _E . ="` . • f,r,,,� '� � Y ' IY ` �i .� ' :.`� s+Y . . �� ..,�r . . '. ,�5. rf^ _ .:� 1� _�Y'.�`t;11 � � ' <. CS. - w} � " � d � ��.., t � ��. i �� 0 ..:1 �:, , � ' . ^ a.L . 1 i •� � •b � - � > � �x �. . Table of Contents Illustrative Site Plan Letter of Landscape Intent _ _ Introduction - - OMission and Long Term Plan - - QDocumenting Historic Resources - _ - Q Landscape Management Zones _ - - _ - _ - � � OPreservation Strategies and Treatments •- • - - A. GreyHouse •�� B. White House C. Farm Buildings - - - - D. River Bluff _ _ E. Lower Drive F. Upper Drive G. Meadow H. South Vista QLong Term Program and Planning Solutions A. Fire Suppression B. Property Connections C. Drainage D. Parking E. Ecological Sustainability G. ADA Compliance Pundingfor this projut was made possible through generous gcants from: The City of Dubuque's Histnric Dishict Public Improvement Program,and The NationallYust for Historic Preservation's Dr. Prank Henry Landes Preservatlon Pund L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 3 Landscapes across Time and Culture: Sharing the Four Mounds Legacy meroa�umo r�i�n,a,n�rea�od,�p�,�,wno�e owaa�m� c�a=newm,awess�nr�wa, nssnn�yumu�ewamr,�,aymo,ew,�,we��e mae ewm, e�m ew. m�m, m �sw .me ue mn, mmy�m emmu me aa,,. m�x �w„w gwa,�.< m a�a� a�am �..� e� aw mu,mw��m�m,aseu�uya,m,emema,m �m,mcear�mm. n. eeae= `�Wm� me n� a, tmmmgr.e�w�i�.•=em,waayw,nm�a wm e� we ewa� �i �amaa m� um we ewm„ m�uy .amwmeae� u�a `M+e�� oKmu��ane,mwwm�m,ssu��eaw� e�in.ea�,uymiu,w�y.owamaaemmm,aum m w.�,mew�,wsww� e��m�„�,ga m.�mm, ew,e�m �m u�a w,�. s� �.�n. uq �mm�u�a�a�x�mmn,�,�m,a�� m�awm,aama�ce�e�w`.Wm�..eo�e mu��sw,�,awau��e,ma,�me�a=ss�mm tmma,a��enmw�.�, mumw,�. mm,m�wewssm,a��.e�im�nw.w�, ue�.mam..�„ muem.eawmue .ww.en aa,�mm e�a,�,�aw� m.a,�r R�au� u,i �,.z sw,�, m �m w�,a ue wmen� m �m w�,m..e e� ue w�� mww, �m.�� a .00a,�m ue � fra� mue �nmaw;' �,�uy �wa�.amu,ieom,nm ��-ao&a��,amnm� �n�ae�`.Wma,a,a��am�nw�,u�wm SgJflaeeeMeearemanybswstobelmmedLae ar�ardPetSeyHwse .me .w� m e�, �eue,�ea u,i emm, r.m„ w„oamw maw ,em�a. seeaao-. na�.wmsm ca„e�a m wo�. ww m�mr w� ar�+.� u��mma mwemw �.5 �a u�p�og�.mz m wnmo edr� Maxe) anwe ��u�nssa• a.n�woa� mmmw�oaen��a�`^M��aw "ar�• m .aganm� reuo�emd�auo[mwn.,g ewlc knm�cWmimnP�WtwatvcMmwenvlmcWoB➢I P¢k4o�clil¢manyNHHP �Amtl�sandk4cK m� �le Nelmaam}t PEp4 de�elops4 dsmpe a�e vrvaamle cmaplded v� �le h4 Pdty yrux peem�atl�zedvaapm¢wNa@@w(BPeBazdw. �IeMsms4mctPel9�alandaPalaalalmbct wallx LLia kaWs and walooks �Imt ae� h Lwed �le tleelgeL hMaPe ls .w.mdar➢ W �le aole ct �IawgL a i¢eby et mcdb Wludv�g additl�l bmltlNgs. vdapm¢w slgagq I�mg wLLs le area scAoolx andW�Nwweb4�es. 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Defining Terms werstory The upper sFreta W a woodlarM Planning for a Sustainable Future with Historic Integrity �s �aii� tne o�e.sto.y o. carropy The trees that make up this layer play the key role Combining cukural landscape history and the best of sustainable pracfices is in creatirg the understory an appropriate estension for the Burdens' interest, a century ago, in agricukural enNronmert. progress. This plan seeks to combine state-of-the-art sustainable pracfices understory with shategies for preserving the estates unique cultural and designed historic 7rie urMerstory is the rower landscapes. As such, it will be one of the first historic preservafion plans in the streta W a woodlarM, typilied Midwest to integrate design history a[�d ecology. by srreller trees, shrubs, and plaMs who are adapted to Everythingtofollowinthispla�growsoutoftheFourMoundsmission,itscurrent shaded, rroist, and cooler enNronmeMs. aarvifies,and potential future prograrns and audiences. Thus,respectfor the past, knowledge ofecologicalprocesses,and a fle�bleimagivafion for futureprograrns all ground the recommendafions for preservafion heatrnents and future investrnents and stewardship. � r': i ..:�, i` �e. .`a �Y � '3R C � _ "Y .�.. {_. r . �ii x.. Y' ... �'- ;. ;,,,i ;li ';'��l'I � x ~ V �I � .. .ti, ._�. _ �I :(\ /" �i � :�:. i.\' v g�'.. "� �:a<,�..':R:. _ � � ■ L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 5 Summary of the Report � ' � ' The report to follow indudes the following sections: Sec[ion One Mission and Long-Term Planning if ?� Searon One will offer desaipfion of Pour Mounds distincfive history,landscape, `� � andthemissionandroleoftheFourMoundsFoundafiontoday.Usingthismission ��;,� M, . . as a base for considering future prograrn possibilifies, this report considers the � � " ° � , � mury acfivifies at Pour Mounds today and future possible acfivifies and revenue " t.. � . '"�s. generating progcarns that might promote the Pour Mounds mission without .�.,:��,p;��+ �'� harmingitehietoricresourcee. : : cY a !s. tt:. " .5;� . Sec[ion'I�vo: DocumentingHistnricResourcesandLandscapeChazacter ;;�*�`, -�.m�r . �� ' Searon'hvodocumentsthecharacterofthesiteshistoricresourcesthroughthepast '� ,;-; and surviving cultural landscape as designed by Wyman,the Burdens and others �.�« behveen 1909 and 1970. In 1909 and 1910,as he was designing the Pour Mounds ;' ,�,"� t�r`�. landscape,Wyman wrote the Burdens hvo letters,the first of which desaibed in � ^ � " detail his design intent for spaces,views,con�ecfion to the river and plantings.The >�� ..'��'�� second lists specifichees a�d shrubs to be used a�d keys them to locafions on an � �� ' accompanyiug plan. These hvo letters provide rare insight into what the designer �'6� ;� "'�"j�� intended and the pla�t materials used. "'��s^ �-- - - Although the Burdens followed most of Wyman's design intent for broad views 4tcw�= -:_� �. � � Sas�-�- � - from the bluff a�d defined lawn openings, they did not follow all of his specific suggesfions,most importa�fly his call to relocate the enhy drive. �r _ _ ,� sy-�� . SeUionThree: LandscapeManagementZones � Secfion Three will suggest "la�dscape management zones based on history, character and use. Por areas around major buildings, we will also identify su� zones and targetmore spuific analysis and preservafion shategies.Thesezones will serve as the shucture for inventory and heatrnent suggesfions. Sec[ion Pour: Preservatlon Strategies and 1Yeatments - � � "Treatrnents; narnely durable and ecologically sustainable historic preservafion shategies, will be outlined in Section Pour for each zone according to the basic categories thatlend"character definingfeatures"to an historiclandscape and estate, narnely:spafial patterns,topograph};vegetafion,urculafion,walls,site objects,site engineeringand water features.This secfion ofthe reportwillprovide site andzone- L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 6 specific recommendafions for appropriate planting speues, stone types,priorifies �" .��.; Y : i , for future projects,and identification of areas that should remain unchanged. The �`n �, r"�. �` � recommendafions will seek to protect the estate as built over mury decades from �� .� � - theperiod 1908to 1960. �, � .:� .�"„�,et;._.. Por the Grey House,White House and farm areas,the period of interpretafion will k w,�' � be roughly 1930,a time when both families of Burdens and their staffs were living ��x �r „ on site t E`61 � _ 'z , i�` -..s g�. All heatrnent recommendafions and guidelines for future projects will be written '� ` -- . in accord with the design intenfions of A.Phelps Wyma�as desaibed in his letters � � -�� $- +':< and plans �:..'��J��. �:.a;::.:�;y.. Treatrnent suggesfions will also reflect the patterns of living that the Burdens . expressedoverfimeastheychosewhichoftheirarchitectsandla�dscapearchitut's - , �, . full suggesfions to build a�d how to live on their land. � �-'�' '� 't' ti � In order to retain long-term eligibiliry for the Nafional Register of Historic Places, � � . onwhichPourMoundsislistedasahistoricdishict,allheatrnentrecommendafions ,b�� will conform with The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the 7Featment of . ��i HistoricProperh�uandtheGuidelinufortheTreatmentofCulturalLandscapuwhich _ � kr� maybereviewedaT. http://www.nps.gov/hps/hli/landscape sp .�, �� ,. r c Sec[ion Pive Lon Term Pro am andPlannin Solutlons ��=�'-. g- � g ::--i':. :. .. y�, . `. ��`�:� Linking heakh, safet};funcfion and sustainable pracfices, Secfion Pive addresses �� '�_� �'��"�, Pour Mounds' future need. To meet spuific needs for accessibility and funcfion, t' "' � ��r-��"0"'� thisprojectwillalsoaddressthefollowingissuesthatreflectmodern-dayneedsand �' �+��., legalrequirements.Theyindude: �. . ;;��' ;(� ' +r • Pire suppression ; • Propertyconnufions p. �� . Drainage �`a:= . . �� . � . Parking \�1�� . Ecologicalsustainability � . Visitor CapaciTy . Accessibility and ADA compliance This plan will offer conceptual solufions for each ofthese areas that are appropriate for ecological sustainability a�d historic appropriateness. � � L A N D S C A P E H E A I T A G E A S S E� S M E N T A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E � lO Mission and Long Term Plan Pour Mounds is a Crafrsman-era estate set on atop the _ _ _ Mississippi River Bluffs just north of Dubuque, Iowa. _ _ Long a center for door and window manufacture, � - - - - - - - Dubuque is one of the most historic river towns in the - - Midwest. Dubuque banker George A. Burden a�d his - - - - - wife Viola Rider Burden buik four Mounds in 1909 with - - - - - the guidance of Chicago architut Lawrence Buck and - - landscape architect,A.Phelps Wyman. In 1982,the Burdens'daughter-in Law,Elizabeth,lefrthe estatewith its sweepingriver views a�d ravines to the city of Dubuque. Today,the Four Mounds Foundafion runs the Burdens' aaftsman home as an inn a�d conference center.Promthestart,thePoundafionhasreachedoutto CurrentAcfivifies houbled urban youth with progcarns to teach carpenhy see www.fourmounds.orgfor ongoingcurrent ackvih�u and other skills. Young people of all ages have learned �n&ConferenceCenter(GreyHouse,Cabin�Mar- new skills in helping to restore some of the origival ��Gardens';a�d in-progcess White House) farm buildings, induding the hog house, designed by , privately managed public park hails and historic& George "Billy" Burden in the early 1920s as part of his natural areas vision for a"scientific farm:'The Foundafion also runs a , youth Prograrnming: HEART (Housing Educafion woodshopandleadsyoungpeopleinrestorafionprojects �dRehabilitafionTrainu�gPrograrn),SummerDay forhistoricDubuquehousesandbuildings. CarngworkwithJuvenileCourtServices Land Trust: Four Mounds Foundafion (FMF) is Combining cukural landscape history and the best of a friends gcoup with 100°� responsibility for the sustainable pracfices is an appropriate e#ension for the City-owned estate; PMP owns 4392 Peru Road (40 Burdens'interest,acenturyago,in agciculturalprogress. aae farm) and Iowa Natural Heritage Poundafion This plan seeks to combine state-of-the-art sustainable (INHP) holds its conservafion easement PMP and pracficeswithshategiesforpreservingtheestatesunique INHP joinfly hold (though INHP largely adminis cultural and designed historic la�dscapes. As such, it ters) conservafion easements on the bluffla�ds and will be one ofthe first historicpreservafion plans in the lower bottom lands on the north river side of Pour Midwest to integcate desigu history and ecology. Mounds,privately owned Healthy Local Poods focus: umbrella orga�izafion Everything to follow in this plan grows out of the Four for hvo Dubuque farmers markets,communiTy gar- Mounds mission, its current aarvifies, and potenfial dens(atnearby Bertsch Parm),and historickitchen future prograrns and audiences. Thus, respect for garden for use atthe Inn the past, knowledge of ecological processes, and a . Challenge Ropes Course: privately managed by fle�ble unagi�ation for future prograrns all ground Tearn Building Blocks the recommendafions for preservafion heatrnents and . �storic Interpretafion: currently reshicted to out- future investrnents a�d stewardship. door siguage at Pour Mounds L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 8 � i .^✓ - : r . . ' . ,` •. '+� ,j�g ��{ ! `>' . �g1 �r ;� �'��i;) , ;'y r� .rg rrE e.;_1F ... r � . - . . r7,;� J v :.. .�• �t ,,�,, • . 'f� �. ;s � qi . . . � ,Y� : •`,,� . . "�,a�. j �:,, �,ir .�� ,.�L, s -`�'�' , �`iyy� �� ' _ .•�'��''r � .i • e�'�� , � ...:v . . . , L '��' -� .�� K � s '. . � ' � ,` . • .;i�" - , f`.��gC� ; ., , � �� ;'-...yi�, . ' . ' i `° , y . ;� •f:,,r1i�� 'iP ..i�, i��'t` 'y�i}+��,�� ; . �, ��y4��31�� ,�� '. ` I �, �+7, ` � . _ � � . ' .. � � �.`• , �4k p�. , ,. �_ �� I I �,r - � " '. . r +` �_ . � v i�� ,. ' -. IQ Documenting Historic Resources Craftsman Design and Progressive Optimism At the dawn of the 20th century,the United States was rapidly becoming the worl8s leading industrial power. With the growth of raff, lake, and river shipping, the natioris inland cities linked by raff hub in Chicago, became regional industrial centers and the home to new � waves of immigrants. With generations of established - _ - , i`�� .� history in lead mining,window,and door manufacture, _ � � �-�� . - - '' y ' Dubuque had already emerged as a center for banking, � -� education,and industry. - " With the Industrial Revolution affecting all aspects - � " of American life, many cultural leaders, artists, and -- - — � designers turned to the styles and "authentic materials" --- _ of a romanticized pre-industrial era. Following the � precedents of Wffliam Morris and the English Arts and Crafrs Movement,American architects, many of whom •' '•• • • • ' • • •' � • • ' had worked with Louis Sullivan and began their careers • •• •• '• • • • in Chicago, applied Crafrsman detaffs and aesthetics to new houses for city,town and country. ideal blendingofcountrylife and urban culture Without a direct profit motive, such estates offered the hixury of Technology gave Americans the wealth and mobffity experimentation in new breeds of cattle,hogs,fruit tree to move to new suburbs, to plant domesric gardens cultivation,and agricultural engineering. and mowed lawns, and to revel in the idylls of outdoor activity. George and Viola Burden were part of this It is in this context that we can understand the bold optimistic time and their estate project at Four Mounds intentions behind the planning of Four Mounds in 1909 is one of the finest eipressions of a"gentleman's farrri'in when the Burdenshired Lawrence A.Buck and A.Phelps the Midwest Likethe Mayowood estate developed by Dr. Wyman as their architect and landscape architect. Buck Charles Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota, Four Mounds had worked with noted Crafrsman architect George was a "farrri' for a professional couple with "scientific" A. Maher who had designed elegant cross-ventilated interests who made their living in a nearby city. houses throughout the Upper Midwest Wyman,born a New Englander and educated in landscape architecture Meant to be healthful for raising chffdren, connected at the University of Illinois,likely knew such progressive to a beautiful landscape, and somewhat self-sufficient landscape thinkers as Wilhelm Miller who taught there in dairy and produce, agricultural estates offered a new and wrote influential extension publications on the native landscape. L A N D 5 C A P E H E R I T A G E A 5 5 E 5 5 M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E �0 Having Everything to Start With— The Burdens and A. Phelps Wyman Shape a B1uffTop Site: 1909-1911 Early in the 20th century, landscape architects worked His letter also notes that the farm buildings are well directly with the land. 'Ihey surveyed sites, documented located. Yet he makes a suggestion to relocate the main topography, hand picked trees in nurseries, and "staked entry drive awayfrom the farm area.Rather than turning ouY' the locarion for trees, drives, sidewalks and by the farm buildings as it srill does today, Wyman structures. Yet, unlike the horriculturalists of the 19th suggestsaschemethatturnsnortheasttothehousetorun century,they also directed the master planning of entire up through a small ravine. Of all his recommendations, estates, campuses and towns. More than simply laying this altered drive approach to the Grey House was the out collections of plants, they shaped spaces and the one few that the Burdens never adopted. Yet, Wyman's experience of moving through them. reasoning for this location says much about his overall philosophy of site design and how he hoped that the Such are the concerns that A. Phelps Wyman explored land could be experienced: as he communicated with the Burdens during the design process for the estate in 1909. One key typed letter that By following up the little valley, continuing he wrote from his Chicago (or possibly Minneapolis thevalleyofyourpresentdrivewayisthemost office) lays out his enrire "design intenY' for the bluff direct, by far, and seems a logical entrance to top site, the entry drive, the siring of gardens and farm the front door.As to e�ect, a drive serves as a buildings,and strategiesfor framing and enclosingviews view point from which agreeable objects are and spaces. seen as one progresses, including a favorable view of the house and such views in various Truetotheera'sidealforsimpleand"natural"approaches directions as would not be seen from the to design, Wyman's strategy was to reveal the inherent house itself,always savingthe best views until beauty of the bluff rather than to create an arrificial and one should reach the inside of the house. "exoric" landscape reminiscent of England or Europe. His goal was to steward a uniquely midwestern place It is interesting that Wyman saw the drive as a kind through vegetative framing,clearing,and shapirT vir�ns of unfolding of space and a means to see objects and and spaces. small viewsheds that would not otherwise be seen from walking on the lawns of from inside the house. Yet, he "You are fartunate in having everything to start with,"he also believed that the drive and its views were secondary wrote to the Burdens. "The location is admirable in every to those of the house itself, for which the best views way with a view over the Mississippi that is hard to be should be saved. He also believed that long drives were excelled anywhere and vistas over the fields in the opposite not attracrive in themselves. It is best,he argues,that the direction which have breadth and interest" drive be located in a logical way and is "best if it is most out of the way of the views lookingfrom the house." He notes that while the trees may not be all of the ideal proporrion,the clump to the narth west is exactly as you 'Ihus,he believed that the diagonal line running up along want it and those that you need can be added without the ravine would be most discreetyet also reveal the most disadvantage to the property" In early photos from the interesring approach views across the lawn and into the first twenty years of life at the new estate,we can see the fa�ade.Like the location ofthe entrydrive,notall ofBucl�s open views, the inherited grove to the northwest, and architectural plans ofhiswere ever completed.'I�vo issues the new groves of White Pines that Wyman planted to that Wyman mentions in his letter are Bucl�s proposed bracket views over the Peru Bottoms. pergola extending the perceived length of the house into the lawn and the possibility of a formal garden. L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 11 r "The pergola and summer house are Mr. Buck's idea," � � �� ..,� Wyman wrote, and to be canied as far east as the grade �# , . will permit. As I remarked when I saw you, everytluhg i I .., is on so large a scale that an extension ofthe house by . � means of such a pergola and by treec on the other side of thehousewillbeanimprovemenY' P _�;y ,R, y p: � �, ' • Today we aze fortunate to have this correspondence �izx.; � �':� between Wyman and the Burdens because it gives such � � � directinsightintothedesignecs'thinldng,acazeresoucces � . ;� - - � in much presecvation planning foc estates. 'Ihe histocic ' - -� � � � chazacter of Four Mounds today is shaped not only by the suggestions that the Bucdens chose to pucsue, but also those that they did not such as the summec house Perhaps, upon moving in, they found that they did not need more spaces for entertaining. Perhaps, they did not complete the formal gazdens because they were more interested in agciculture and othec pursuits, oc simply In the spicit of maintaining an open quality, Wyman feltthattheywantedasimplecandlessocnatedomestic adwcatedthatthetreesneazthehouseshouldbeplanted landscape. for shadebut retain an open understoryso u not to block views "I thought of massing the west end of the house Wymads comments on the gazden issue saymuch about full of trees;' he wrote, 'but fucthec considecation leads histmebeliefsconcerningornamentalplantsazranged metobelievethatbyaddingafewshadetreesyouwould in formal gazdens for the Midwest Tme to his Prairie not cover the view and you could prolong the house by School aesthetics, Wyman was highly suspicious of caaying the trees pcoposed tn the nocth-east as showd' conscious display. Most telling is the following passage: 'Ihe lettec is accompanied by two dcawings that show the The little garden south of the pergola zs not overall planting scheme and large areaplart Of the latter in an ideal location and it is not an essential he writes feature but only selected because if you want agarden,flowerswillgrowthereonthesouth The main views to the south of the house slope. Ifflowersaregrownbythemselvesthey are marked by anows showing where the may be regarded as artificial objeds and are eye is naturally drawn. Such a landscape is to be kept by themselves in the simplest form broken into parts by masses of trees is more possible. Ifonlyafewarewantedtheymaybe interestingthanacompletepanorama, hence placed as a facing to the shrubbery. North of the large heavy masses to the north-east and the house they are out of the quection. south-wect of strong evergreen trees to act as a frame. Although Wyman saw flowecs as objects to be contained andnotasadominantfeature,hedidbelievethatshmbs Wymads 1909 lettec also requests that the Bucdens could be used to shape space against the house and to commission a detailed site sucvey, which they did In endose lawns. He also called foc completely screening eazIy191Qusingthisinfocmationasabasemap Wyman the fazm group by mass planting to the north of the completed more detailed planting plans and attached a pcoposed entrydcive. hand-wcitten list of trees, shcubs, flowecs, andvines. L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N P O R T H E P O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E � 2 A. Phelps Wyman, Landscape Architect Planting List for Vicinity of House for Mr.. George A. Burden,Dubuque,Iowa 1. Sugar Maple 35. Spirea arjuta 2. American Linden (Basswood) 36. Viburnum lantana �3.Paper Birch 37. Maidenhair Tree �4. Austrian Pine 38. Rosa rugosa 5. White Spruce 39. Winterberry 6. White Pine 40. Forsythia fortune �7. Elm 41. Dwarf wild rose 8. Red Oak DA 42. Mockorange (grandifloris) 9. White Oak 43. Colorado Blue Spruce 12. Ashleand Spirea 44. Indian Currant 13. Spirea van houteii 45. Weigelia 14. Spirea Anthony Waterer 46. Sumac � 15. Tatarian Honeysuckle 47. Red berried(?) elder 16. Philadelphus Lemoinei 48. Purple dogwood 17. Siberian Dogwood 49. Morrow's honeysuckle 18. Dwarf Mountain Pine 50. Chokeberry 19. Hydrangea 51.Lilacs in variety 20. Tree Lilac � 52. Cedar �21. Common Lilac 53. Clematis paniculata 22. Flowering Almond 54. Boston ivy 23. Spiraea princifolia 55. Rosa"Dorothy Perkins" 24. Flowering plum 56. Rosa"Crimson Rambler" 25.Large Elm � 57. Trumpet Creeper 26. Horsechestnut 58. Sweetbrier Rose 27. Redbud 59. Herbaceous perennial flowers 28. Weeping Birch 60. sheepberry(nannyberry) (�-�29. Persian Lilac 61. Cranberry 30.Japanese barberry hedge 31. Sweet Scented Shrub (Calycanthus) 10. Mixture in lower hillside 32. Deutzia gracilis �a) lombardy poplar wild thorn 33.Japanese Barberry �} paper birch wild cherry �34. Mockorange(coronarius) red bud witchhazel �} scotch pine white spruce � _,_ , � � � (� mulberry O � -- : .- - ..-. . -. �•• • •••-• • 1 L Mixture on upper side hill � � � , , �, ,�_ _ � cedar red berried elder - • • • •- -• ••• • • wild dogwood black berried elder � � " � � � � � � red bud Indian currant � . . -. . - .- - .... -. . wild thorn chokeberry ' ' ' ' ' ' '- ' sumac serviceberry �) - . . - .. -. - -. - wild rose nannyberry "• • " winterberry winterrod(?) L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 13 Vestiges of the Wyman Plan Today Today, the much of Wyman's planring scheme survives 1'et, even from the farm area and the chauffeur's house, in the white pine groves to the east overlooking Peru placed at a lower elevation and now surrounded by Bottomsandinthetreesandshrubsattheporte-cochere. maturetrees,therewerelongviews. 'Ihearticlenotes: 'Ihe structure of the original entry road and sidewalks also remains remarkably intact with few new intrusions Hazel says the grounds have changed such as later lighring or structures. dramatically since her childhood days when thing were much more open. She still recalls Wyman's extensive listfor plantings on the north hillside beingable to look outher bedroomwindow in facing the Mississippi were likely not realized. 'Ihe most the chau�eur's house and see the old steamer significant change and deviarion from Wyman's original "The Packet"makingits way up or down the vision is the growth of vegetarion that now conceals river. vistas into the Mississippi Valley and eastward into Peru Bottoms. Yet, as we shall see, early photographs and memoirs reveal how striking they once were. Growth and Change 1n Photographs Although oral histories of the early years are few, Four R2C0112Ct10riS Of H3Z21 M3T'SI7311 Of t112 E3T'ly Mounds was ofren photographed over the decades. The YeaT'S: 1908-1917 Four Mounds Foundation,in collaboration with the Iowa Heritage Digital Archive, has collected an impressive Relatively few direct landscape descriptions and array of photos from all periods of life at Four Mounds memoirs survive from the first twenty years of life at along with the seminal letters and plans by its designers. Four Mounds. Hazel Marshal, daughter of the original me following pages draw on this collection to interpret chauffeur, Clarence Warren, who lived at Four Mounds growth and change from the original Wyman and Buck between about 1908 and 1917, is one exception. In a Plans. By understanding the original design intent, the Four Mounds newsletter from fall 1911, she recalled choices that the Burdens made in what to build, and the horses and the Burdens'five carriages. 'Ihey did not, changes over time, we can build a preservation and according to her, own a car unril 1912,which her father landscape restorarion strategyto preserve the landscape's then drove for them. most important character-defining features. Her memories are both social and environmental. She remembers playing with the Burdens' children, "Billy and Viola:' And most relevant for reconstrucring an image of the landscape at that time, she remembers the views. Mentioning some of her play with the other ' ' " "' " ' children, the arricle recounts, "One of the best views of � � " "� � � the property was from the third story attic. Here Hazel lovingly remembers dressing up in the clothes that were stored there:' L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 14 � � �• _ �P�l b r�Ti'1� :}� I�Y.� �� '.� � '�-ti ' �y�J"`.fA"�d �r� . �4 _� �H �x _ �: �� R1 f � . �� . .r + 9 {, - �•ll . �' ' Ix-'-: s Y , V!i ' � � . y. . '� ,� � ii � K ' i`:+�. ✓nk . .. ,�.. . .,�".� < �. � •�p, -u ._ � ,� , : +�,.'� " Ry� a I', �� _ . �,... � M1 . �. �� . fr _ '' _ • �� .• • • - • -• - •- • - ��• • • • • - • The First Two Decades: 1908-1928 Before the Burdens purchased the propert};much of the In the foreground, at the edge of the entry drive, a land had been farmed and grazed. Early photographs, planting bed of shrubs,most likely included in Wyman's suchasthepanoramicviewlikelytaken fromthesiteofthe original plant list and an over storytree mark the more Grey House around 1909,shows how open this landscape cultivated area near the house. was. Grazing of cattle extensive logging operations and natural fire events likely kept the bluff top open with Whffe the sepia photos were taken intentionally to scattered oaks,cedars and prairie grasses. document the new house and landscape, candid photos of family members also tell us much about the changing With this phffosophy of"framing views" to break long, landscapes. In a photo (top right) of Bffl Burden with open panoramas, Wyman planted clusters of trees. 'Ihe the famffy dog, Tar, probably taken in the early 1920s photo archives include a very important series of sepia when Bffl was college age, tells us much about how the prints from about 1915 that show the newly planted lawns met the horizon at that time. As with the view groves, about five years in the ground, beginning to to the south, the view outward to the river valley was punctuatethehorizon.'Iheimagebelowlookssouthward very open, albeit punctuated with masses of trees. 'Ihe into farm grounds from the front ofthe Grey House. On lawns were smooth and open; and there were very few the lefr side, one can see an emerging grove of white objuts such as garden furniture, fountains or flowers to pines that endures,in much larger form,today. compete with the view. 'Ihere is a sense here of a hffltop clearing surrounded by nature and agriculture. Nature has distinct edges and boundaries; and there is a feeling of spaces both in the lawns and the in outward views that stretch for mffes in several dirutions. x� � � Althoughthefarmbuildingsremainlargelyintacttoday, �'�`�� '` the area around them has grown up with vegetation. �` �.� �- ,�+ - One photo of Sandy James and Leo Heitzman (top lefr) °�"� �� _ " � standing by some of Four Mounds'cows shows the open �,-_'�+ - . - - pasture area. One can also see the concrete posts that � �'`;� � � _ . supported the pasture fencing around the farm area x � �4.'.,� ._ . � '�- T�� from this time. Several of these posts remain today, and � �s�`� the restoration of the open space of these pastures is an � � optionforpreservationplanning. . - - . - .. . . L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E �5 A Second Generation and a Maturing Landscape: 1924-1945 In 1925, when George R "Bill" and Elizabeth Adarns The work of Alfred Caldwell in the Dubuque parks Burden completed their own house,Pour Mounds came system, especially at Eagle Point Park in the 1930s, to achieve hvo superb models of American domesfic forms an important midwestern chapter in landscape archituture. The colonial revival style of the White architectural history. The rock garden that the Burdens House mirrored fashions in architectural pattern books built,probably in the thir[ies,to the south of their new and the Colonial style then made popular by such home, is formed with the sarne sedimentary limestone projects as the restorafion of Colonial Williarnsburg in slabs that were quarried for Eagle Point. Although we Virgiuia and Port Ticonderoga in New York Akhough have no dirut evidence that Caldwell ever advised the the architect of the White House is unknown,it is likely Burdens on this design,its quite possible that they were that the builder was shongly influenced by such noted influenced by his work in the parks and by other prairie archituts as Howard van Doren Shaw who desigued style endeavors ofthe time such as PrankLloyd Wrights otherhousesinDubuqueatthetimeThesehouseswere TaliesininnearbySpringGreen,Wisconsin. built by partners ofthe Burdens and farnily members of Elizabeth. Much smaller than the Grey "The Burdens have been careful in their � . House, the .s�, " " culkvah�ng of a Iwely lawn in the midst of , White House the wildwood, not to mar the natural beauty '' ;� '� symbolized a they must cross to come to their homu. The .i;�� " ��h '� ' � new generafion roadway into the utate winds delightfully '�� '� � of family life Y;! among the freu ... Nor is there any abrupt � � � - that was less departure from crvilizah�on. Gumps of free ic'.�" �-� �`� formal and and various short hedgu-sumay barberry, � �� less dependent and other bushu rmnble o�from the edge of on servants the lawn in the woodlawn nearby. Gardeners, than previous caretakers, and servants' quarters are built generations. away from the homu, along the drive that As the young leads to them." family grew up (Telegraph Herald � 7"imu Journal, in the post-war era,they lived in the rock garden with September 9, 1934). a new informality. Even their farnily portrait expresses informal living. Whereas family portraits of earlier eras Drawn from Pour Mounds' Nafional Register Historic had been taken in studios,Bill and Elizabeth's family are Dishict Nomination,the news account above captures professionally photogcaphed in 1944 outside, casually mury Pour Mounds' key la�dscape features as they sitting together in their landscapes as if resting during appeared in the 1930s indudin� the spafial patterns of a hike. a lawn in the midst of woods,the winding road,varied vegetafion,andthecarefulsitingofbuildings. Period photos from the 1940s and 1950s and early 1960s show Burden family and friends lounging in lawn In the 1930s, the vegetable gardens also flourished. chairs and chaise lounges,surrounded by the rocks and One photo from about 1935 shows corn and possibly perennial flowers. The rock garden was both structured beets a�d cabbage all growing in rows. It is likely that andinformal,comfortable and scenicwith unobshucted the Burden children of the third generafion worked views to the river. The garden was surrounded by a and played here. Possibl}; if the vegetable gardens are playground, induding swings, a swimming pool, a restored and made fully acfive, the period of the mid- playhouse and slide More than ury other landscape at 1930s would be appropriate for interpretafion. Four Mounds,this was a garden for modern living L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E �6 The Land Today: 1970 to Present In the last forty yeazs, the last vestiges of open gxazing By compazing aerial photos from the 1930s a�d today, a�d clear views have grown over. In this air photo, we we ca� see this gxadual, but ultlmately, dramatic ca� see now the eastern hillside neaz the entry drive is tra�sformatlon in the visual a�d vegetative structure of filled with ruent successional vegetation including red the la�d cedazs. 'Ihis broad swath of you�g trees shows traces of how recentlythela�d was fazmed or pastured , •� r �saos � � �ssos ' � � • � o � o �t � . - , , . � ,,. w - � ' � r �,�.�' . �� . ;.�.,� . �_' � � 1� AI . , r _ _ _ 3 �.� .. .. . . _ _ _ .� s� '' v 'a �� uz . , _ _ � „. � � _ � •� �F� /` �i ��} � z.. �- e _ _ _ ." � � p'� j , - � '��: .�, - �"'.r;.: _ .� - L A N D 5 C A P E H E A I T A G E A 5 5 E 5 5 M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E � � IQ Landscape Management Zones Pour Mounds manages diverse landscapes with Por areas around major buildings, there are sub-zones varyiug miaoclimates, design histories, historic uses, that reflect the finer grain of detail These sub-zones and visual character. Preservafion and ma�agement offermoresite-specificspecificanalysisa�dpreservafion shategies should reflut this variafion. This secfion lays shategies. out landscape management zones' based on history, character and use.Thesezones will serve as the shucture for inventory and treatrnent suggesfions. �"�'V� '-��.. "-� � � . �„�ti-�� • _ ��. M1�'•.�[ i > � � � �: � A 6y, g k t "' ��I . . �, er�ie A�4 ` ':y �,�y •- w� 1 °• .�y .a. a � � J �; 45 .�,� �P j� �� 'K� a '� '� '. �- y � 'M' ��Y�'M y : �� t �"�E _ �` �''.a- �� ' d' ... ,t. `-.� f�'�.�.'." ��I�t 4 ," R ,�Va �! �y'y� .rK ' ]�� _.�` �" ' � `j�- �a,� � " ��.�� »} �`�y��'�f�}+ ��'�.�'°�¢` Syt,�y _'�ti.. .Y - � # S �y�i> 1 . "'Yy t *• �� }�1,`({,� �-'� � � ��'; `t '� �.y�'yr . n • 4"• ��.� � ��j:: . � '�Ziti�. � �]��,.e r �' y , �+ ��j } a'i' +� E_n. .. �, pl�{� �`y� ,°t. . " .T-�� D '-: a g 'y'b� �ly. '.� .c�• :'tF+ii � +. .*'..+r g��..• e� r ^ + � +�, �={:. 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' '-: - _ � � _ _ _ _ L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E �8 � / � Qy��c�w��y�� 'I _ ' } �� e� � �� i " � `� �; i -�� .,��WHITE HOUSE� '�r �,�� 4 f I . ' ��e � � . �� Y N �� R" 1 r � < .\ti � � j�� p �: � . ♦ y • � ' i� �� ' �/ � ��fj,� ��y�f� • ' �1 � ' ±•�, e•�`i��o . -� . � �� - GRevH;E' .� �, I r � � � f �� ri � � �� SOCI,TH VISTA / �" �' � , � � ,A � � � ' /i ..., . • , i " � . � II �- ".� -�' r 'e$} I • {� p,�� e� . _y� �� 1 I � �f � � t�'J _T � � .�S��; �\� � I q � � � l9� . � �Z�� 1 r `', ''�a��rirv��:. . �si��e►� �} I .i. . Y�oa• � }� {� � i i � �. i :\J ' i � f 8 � �i a i 1�i i • ♦ s ■ • � • • • RIVER BLUFFS 7_ . ��-�� MFADOW i �`, , � ��•�.�UPPER) � � w� � i DRI�E � O �� • �, ;: �� \ i R' ,'�� r �,, � i� • � � ��, w � • � � 1 N ,t ... i :i • � ' � . i • • „' .,': ��0��'• �\ , , � • i LOWER DRNE � �1• � �� • ��11�� 1\Il�p�/�. � _� \ +0 � / •.....�i`� FAR=UILD1� : � �'. �♦ • �� ` + ,• , •- • �� • i � ��o��uu��<rf��.,��.�abf� '� �'��I � � � �� , �d C;1 '� �I �, � / �� ' L A N D S C A P n r. n n . . .i o n .i o o n o S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E �9 lO Preservation Strategies and Treatments "Treatrnents" are durable and ecologically sustainable • �? historic preservafion shategies that reinforce the � �� -�ir" ' ��. character defining features" of an historic landscape. ; z�' ° ,` ' `� � �f Elements that conhibute to this character are spafial '' �-'�+�° .`q�m� � �' � patterns, topograph}; vegetafion, urculafion, walls, site �` ` - � � !��% �� 7 - ��'✓% - objects,siteengineeringa�dwaterfeatures. - � / �This chapter indudes zone-spuific preservafions - - shategies and heatrnents for appropriate planting spuies, stone types, priorifies for future projuts, a�d `` � / identificafion of areas that should remain unchanged. - �Iw�'.. Period of Interpretation �s, =; '" � ,� The recommendafions will seek to protect the estate as � '��,' � � built over many decades from the period 1908 to 1960. The Pour Mounds Nafional Register of Historic Places f r_.�� District nominafion frarnes the estates into hvo periods � rt,., � � of significance: the Late Woodla�d Period (350 - 1250 c t�:; ' CE) for the development of the mounds,presetflement .� ., �''.s`. � condifion for porfions of the bluff landscapes,and 1908 : ' —1960 for the purchase and development ofthe estate �"�� ^ , �� .. �. r. ' Por the Grey House and Parm areas, the period of r �,�_ ^y� r� r{ �.,, � interpretafion will be roughly 1930 to 1935,a tune when � ' � � �'t � �M" n both families of Burdens and their staffs were living on �j°�� ti�%4;v site. '� i��=� � �� .:;t All heatrnent recommendafions a�d guidelines for � ' '>.r; r v� future projuts are written in accord with the desigu � � :.�� intenfions ofA.Phelps Wyman as desaibed in hisletters � . � and plans � �� _ _ _ _ � � _ _ _ �• L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 20 Components of Historic Landscapes at Four Mounds The followingcategorieswill be used in discussinglandscape treatmentand preservation approaches: Defining Terms Spatial Patterns Preserve 'Ihe broad volumes of the site including spaces between the houses and the act orprocess ofapplying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, other buildings, views to the River, and the linear space of drives. 'Ihe integrity, and materials of an historic challenge at Four Mounds will be to determine Wyman's original intent property. Work, including preliminary to protect these spaces from visual intrusion. measures to protect and stabilize the property, generally focuses upon the Ve etation ongoing maintenance and repair of S historic materials and features rather Native and introduced vegetation including the bluffland forests,planted than extensive replacement and new gardens,treesandshrubs.Inthisproject,wecanidentifyhistoricplanting construction. Newexterioradditionsare types while also suggesting contemporary varieties or cultivars that may not within the scope of this Leatment, be more hardy and sustainable. 'Ihe goal is integrate historic character however, the limited and sensitive upgrading of inechanical, electrical, with long-term sustainability. and plumbing systems and other code- required work to make properties Circulation functional is appropriate within a Roads, paths, service access, and trails. 'Ihe updating of the entry road preservation project. is one of the greatest overall challenges of this project. Preserving scale, Rehabilitate vegetation, a sense of curvilinearity, and immersion in the forest will the act orprocess ofmaking possible a all be important for preserving the character of this Wyman-designed compatible use for a property through road. repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or features which convey its historical, cultural, or Structures, Features,Objects architectural values. 'Ihis broad category can include sheds and such features as the sundial andwishingwellthatarepartofFourMounds'History.Wewilldocument Restore existing features and also note those that may detract from integrity. In the act orprocess ofaccurately depicting the form, features, and character of a the long-term,a preservation plan can help you to avoid mistakes such as property as it appeared at a particular wrongly-locating a new power transformer or needed signage. period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history Other Characteristics and reconstruction of missing features We will examine topography that is both "naturaP' and human aeated. from the restoration period. The limited and sensitive upgrading of inechanical, Much of the character and talent in the work of landscape architects such electrical, and plumbing systems and as Wyman lies in the way that they handled grading. Understanding other code-required work to make Topographywill also be important in resolving storm water and drainage properties functional is appropriate within issues along with creating new best pracrices for on-site water reuse. a restaation project. Reconstrud Treatment suggestions will also reflect the patterns of living that the the act orprocess ofdepicting, by means Burdens expressed over rime as they chose which of their architect's and of new construction, the form, features, landscape architect's full suggestions to build and how to live on their and detailing ofa non-surviving site, land. /andscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance at a specific period of time and in its Inordertoretainlong-termeligibilityfortheNationalRegisterofHistoric historiclocation. Places,on which Four Mounds is listed as a historic district,all treatment recommendarions will conform with The Secretary of the Interior's Source: National Park Seruice Guidelines for Standards far the Treatment of Historic Properties and the Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes which may be reviewed at: http://www.nps.gov/hps/hli/landscape�ui delines/index.htm L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 21 Grey House Zone Periodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 Spatial Pattern Maintain open views from windows. Preserve drop-off access area. Vegetation Plant shrubs and ornamentals close to paths and building. Maintain existing overstory trees. Consider durable grass blends in high-wear areas. Circulation Maintain existing concrete paths.Asphalt road with concrete edging on the entry drive, gravel road with angled stone edging on the service drive. :_t� Site Objeds Preserve sundial, signs in drop-off zone, and arbor. ,_�. Rehabilitate wishing welfs cistern while preserving the wells appearance. Install full cut-off lighting on paths with high pedestrian use at night. Othercharaderistics Provide consistent, clear signage of appropriate scale to direct people throughout the zone and the entire grounds. Topogrephy Preserve existing topography. Do not alter significantly. `p� �� rk k } � Grey House - Service Access subzone Periodoflnterpretation 1930.1935 OtherConsideretions Construd new parking for employees and visitors while rehabilitating a woodland landscape edge to the nodh. Keep service drive in existing location and reconstrud angled stone drive edging where appropriate. 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' �� 1� ' � �� r - ' ' .. � � i � �; �� - i 1 -�'% � � a, , ;w i` � � �'� ' � � � '� ' � � F ,i- i �� - � 1 (.'_ `•vl'rz t . � ,. � � Y � /�/� a $. � '�> q� dn . - 19 ` � �. .�Jy 'rF�_, v y � 'F' t ��.` '�__ , 1 r = , r � t �� ,,, � , � , � F ;,� � r: y � , : �. :t �; ; ' . � � x: � ` „i, - - - - - - � � - - - - - - - - - L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 25 - • - • - Period oflnterpretation 1930-1935. 1950s in Rock Garden area. Spatial Pattern Restore filtered views to the north and east and low-profile plantings close to the house. Preserve southern stand of white pine for its spatial charader. Minimizing the visual appearance of automobiles from the White House. Vegetation Restore landscape to the immediate west and north of the White House. Restore and rehabilitate stands of pine to the south, particularly trees that are diseased or nearing the end oftheir life cycle. Rehabilitate transition mixes and understory plantings to the east. Circulation Preserve asphalt road with no edging. Restore grass in existing dirt parking loop to south, possibly with reinforced grass paving. Construct new parking behind the front of the wood shop on its eastem side. Sde Objeds Preserve play house and wading pool. Restore the bird bath and consider rehabilitating the cistern below. Rehabilitate rock garden. Othercharederistics Consider the lawn between Grey House and White House as a continuous openlandscape. Topogrephy Preserve existing topography. Do not alter significantly. - • - • • - • '• . •- • • - Penodoflnterpretation 1935-1955 - OtherConsideretions Restore rock garden plantings and upgrade plant types iffunctional. Review historic documents to see if paths should be developed in this area. � - • - � �� • � - • • - Periodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 OtherConsideretions Rediredautomobileflowin clockwise diredion to parking using diredional signage. Restore low-profile materials next to house, particularly at windows. - • - ••• •• • • - Periodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 OtherConsideretions The new parking area will be the most significant modification to the landscape in this zone. Its primary design concern should be a solution that will not detrad from site charader. Screen new parking area with transition plantings or shrubs and subtle topography changes. 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'�.is �? ,�-. � �:�;, ~�, . �r �! �} al � ,'��t . `iriyM,�� ` ��. ��'�� . � �, � � L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 28 . . . Periodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 Spatial Pattern Restore agricultural landscape of open pasture and orchards. Restore ridge top views through seledive viewsheds. Screen parking areas from cultured grounds. Consider opening part of former pasture to the west. Uegetation Reconstruct orchard to the west. Rehabilitate meadow. Rehabilitate transition plantings and woodland at the edge of the bluff. Remove trees and large shrubs on top of root cellar to preserve cellar's structural integrity. Circulation Rehabilitate drives and parking in this area. Construct new parking in this area where shown. Preserve concrete paths. Extend new proposed concrete paths. Remove driving circle around ice house. Site Objects Reconstrud historic fences and fenceposts along pastures. Othercharacteristics Provide directional signage and full-cutoff lighting in thiszone. Consider constructing a septic field in this zone if it flows away from agriculture and buildings. Topography Preserve existing topography. Do not alter significantly. �r' _ } '� , � � .� r 9 , ��r J , ' " M�j. FN 1k'_ ! .� ; j .,:y y}�}� , _ $ i..'. + �'•,d - } _ � r 19R'�. x§`- '� . :� � .. � parc_181.jpg Chauffeur's house and garage. ��_ � - � ...� � . ��. - � " " _ � , �.. , ._ - . . . . . . . - Period oflnterpretation 1930.1935, or Pre-Settlement(see sedion 5) OtherConsideretions Preserve mounds per local, state, and federal regulations. No excavation, onty hand trimming on mounds. Do not gravel or re-lay asphalt on parking spaces. Move parking access lane away from mounds. �� 4 �^gG M1 � � � � Penodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 OtherConsideretions Rehabilitate prairie oak landscape to allow for livestock grazing and exposed bluff. Consider fire management or haying in this subzone. Refer to the 2010 Four Mounds Foundation Conservation and Land Management Plan. Period of Interpretation 1930.1935, or presettlement(see sedion 5) OtherConsiderations Current woodland screens views of commercial development. Preserve woodland in this area to screen views from cultured grounds. Refer to the 2010 Four Mounds Foundation Conservation and Land Management Plan for more infortnation. � � � OLD PA5CURE �vS CA IN& � M UNDS � WE5C RIDGE � Site SubzonesOverview ��"3 4 �� ..i.' ' • ' Period oflnterpretation Pre-settlement (see sedion 5) Spatial Pattern Restore views out to Mississippi River. Seledively remove or limb up trees to provide for additional filtered views. Open up filtered viewfrom cabin. Vegetation Rehabilitate landscape. Referto the 2010 Four Mounds Foundation Conservation and Land Management Plan for more information. Circulation Maintain mulch trails and bridges along the bluff.Asphalt _ _ �%9i.yi;` road with no stone edging into the cabin. Do not widen = entry drive. Sde Objects N/A Othercharedensfics There is an opportunity for trails, signage and wayfinding along the bluff. Construct features to manage stormwater ifthere are erosion issues. Topogrephy Preserve existing topography except in areas with erosion concerns. � � � . - . - . - Periodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 Spatial Pattem Shaded woodland with view corridor along drive that opens at either end to Peru Road and meadow. Vegetation Rehabilitate landscape. Refer to the 2010 Four Mounds Foundation Conservation and Land Management Plan for more infortnation. Circulation Rehabilitate and construct new retaining walls and design bumpouts to ease safety concems for two-way traffic. Site Objeds Regrade drainage ditch and solidify with rip-rap or adive branch packing. Reduce stormwater management issues and erosion through check dams and culverts. Other charaderistics Restore viewshed from the lower drive to the Grey House before the road tums. 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':4 � [ '�\� \\ �� ' ° . r.r�` -..°5:: t ::�. e,.t '^.�/H�;� �, �-�-�.rY.y . � .::�,y�?!'= " .r .; . - c.l,d „ i / i: .�: ` J\ � 3"��\ � �. `�q' ��j �,�11'lll//// _,�`�"�i��. . ��Ib �i��n�.�`�� % L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 35 South Vista Zone Periodoflnterpretation 1930-1935 Spatial Pattern Preserve open lawn. Restore filtered views to the south farmstead. Vegetation Restore and rehabilitate existing pine grove. Restore evergreen groves to the south as deciduous row reaches the end of its life cycle. Maintain garden in existing location. Circulation Construd path to the proposed restroom shelter. Interpretive panel can be placed along the path. Site Objeds Construd restroom shelter inside pine grove in a manner ��( that provides a sense of entry into the South Vista Zone while screening the facility from the Grey House. Other charaderistics Potential area for septic field if away from agriculture and buildings. Topogrephy Preserve existing topography except in areas with erosion concerns. y. � � : . +y l 4 . � i; � +�� ,� ��`f ._ �. R i. � � Y .; ,k A� ., �V�d d \�l + ` � JI �1111 �� a�` iL' � s . �:. r ..; ' ��+� ��y,,, =�.: ' _ .ac��`� f �� G?i }`:: �. ��, � 6.:,� � s sr � � � .� . e . �w Y�� r�v �i � 5` c. , ,,.w�k�`� , '.�:.�, . °i'5...�x '�d,�!�.5:. > �_ - - _ :. .z�= — _ . / _ _ ",-�• F�� oF^' . . _. .. �� ` �� '�'' � ; _�� f��ia Ay ��_..� - Y4,,..:��.. -�P� Ti:ce. 1 L�'6\Rl� �.� . � t �p' Ie+'e^4xl 5 �AIIM �� .� 4 �{� ' �n �� -0 c> �` Fy�' ,�' �1 '�' � � - 1A p .�� . � .1� - �,�x.. ->xia' `�.,..} � - s. ; . , � � ` '� � � �� _' # S� � � � 1'r��--.�� _ : 'e�` .��,._�f _ `.: t' ..Fvr ' ,y . C� � � f.:;�, �r' �`��, ;;��' �'� ��.,'� �� , ` , � / ��Fq�'�� { t K� .. �r ; . �� ` � �v,6.' ��.� .:� \ _ '��5 �I` r , � t� . _ � .1� � f __�. .. . . � 1 T � F � +,._ I. ` y� .R � .� �� ea u�j�.. ; G '� F ` �' �� it�� ✓��/= } � ��°��V ' 4_'i- �� , ;.. '� ,.r'�` �� 1 .�, �Y.Aq Y Y �t L T ,. ��] 4 .... , � �;� x-'> � `�..�. L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 37 QLong Term Program and Planning Solutions Fire Suppression Strategy The fire suppression shategy for Pour Mounds is a� The overall concept for fire suppression is to connect aggregated and preservafion approach to e�sfinglegacy the e�sting cisterns using new piping infrashucture, infrashucture. This shategy give the highest priority to and allowing the volume for each of those to fill and protecting this historic and cukural asset, as well as the supplement water to a new 30,000 gallons HDPE health, safet}; and welfare of the general public There cistern tank as the primary water supply point for fire are currenfly four (4) separate e�sfing ustern locafions suppression. Water levels in the e�sting cisterns can on the estate. Historicall};they were desigued and used be monitored through the use of level sensors and to capture water from the roofs ofthe shuctures on-site. calibrated with the water level in the primary supply Uponvisualinspecfion,oneofthecisternshasshuctural ta�k When levels reach a certain low-level threshold, concernsbehveenbarnandchauffeur'shouse,whilethe smallsubmersiblepumpswillinifiateandfilltheprimary other three appear to be shucturally sound. However, ta�k A small modular pump stafion ca�boost pressure since opinions regarding their shuctural integrity were to a hydrant located on either the lawn east of the pump basedonvisualobservafion;anassessmentofthecisterns houseorthelawneastoftheGreyHouse. PerthePire condifions by a shuctural engiueer would be prudentto Marshall's request, the hydrant needs to be accessible determine if ury reinforcement, shoring, and/or repair within 8' - 10' of the fire huck. The hydrant must also maybeneededinordertoutilizethemforfuncfional belocatedindosepro�mitytotheprimaryusternta�k storage and conveya�ce ofwater for fire suppression. andsituatedtobeinrelafionshipwiththedriver'ssideof There was also some evidence that the usterns were not the fire huck. In periods of limited rainfall the primary enfirelywaterproof. storage ta�k ca� automafically be supplemented with groundwater. It would be difficult to capture or harvest stormwater for fire suppression since the site sits on a ridge line ISO's Public Protecfion Classificafion (PPC'") prograrn and rainfall flows away from the property. In order to evaluates communifies according to a uniform set of minimize the use of potable water to augment water aiteria known as the Pire Suppression Rating Schedule storage, the use of the e�sfing rainwater harvesting (PSRS). PSRS requirements for water supply points, system seemed the most appropriate approach to state that a water supply point that is not con�ected to conserve resources, plus in terms of environmental a main should be capable ofproviding a fire flow of 250 educafion itprovides unique opportunifies to inform the gpm for a minimum of 2 hours(120 minutes). In other publicon water sustainabilityfrom a historicperspecfive words, a rated water supply point should have a year- in an ever inaeasingworld ofwater scarcity. round capauty of 30,000 gal (250 gpm x 120 minutes = 30,000 gal). This applies to a pond, ustern, or ta�k This approach also inaeases fire suppression capacity Theaddifionalcapacityofthee�sfinghistoriccisternsis by utilizing an e�sting historical asset while at the sarne listed in the table below. time allowing the use of harvested rainwater to be used for landscape purposes. It also provides a decenhalized This approach to fire suppression allows the e�sting storage shategy as a backup in case of a system failure cisterns to be restored and preserved, while fostering in the primary storage facilit}: Maintaining the interpretafionofthehistoricinfrashucture.Thishistoric historic funcfion of the cisterns on-site is an important legacy ofthe origival estate desigu can be used to protut interpretafion aspect a�d would be applicable to its wkural assets. It also demonshates a sustainable numerous grant prograrns which could be used to approach to stormwater management and best subsidizeimplementafioncosts. managementpracfices,byreducingpeakdischargerates into the uty's storm sewer system during measurable storm events. L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 38 - - . - .. . - . . . - . - .- . .. . -. . - - . . . ..- . . - ..- - -. . .- . - .. . . - . . . . . . .. . - . - - - - . .- . . -. . . . - - - . . -. -.. . - . . - . . . - - . . - �� .- - . . - . �� .- - - . . .- . - .. - ii -. Drainage and Stormwater Management Strategy 'Ihe site drainage and stormwater management strategy 'Ihe drainage and stormwater strategy at Four Mounds at Four Mounds are crirical components to its success is to (1) stabilize slopes that are eroding, (2) control the moving forward. 'Ihe movement of storm water at Four volume and velocity of runoff, and (3) capture and hold Mounds is based on two major watersheds starting at sediment before it reaches the cit}�s storm sewer system the ridge of the estate, which is essentially the main and use that sediment to restore grade to the drainage driveway adjacent to the Grey House and White House. swale. 'Ihe watershed that drains toward the river on the north side of the entry drive is funcrioning very well,because It is imperarive to stabilize the most crirical slopes of the dense forested vegetation and thick organic layer that are eroding along the south side of the lower half on the forest floor. 'Ihe organic layer at the surface and of the entry drive. In areas with sufficient solar access, root system just beneath the surface are slowing down stabilizing these slopes will be done by maintaining and surface runoff while promoting deeper percolation of protecting as much existing vegetation and vegetative stormwater. cover as possible. Reusing or retaining the existing complex of topsoil will be crirical in establishing new 'Ihe watershed that drains to the south and west is more vegetative cover with minimal inputs.Seeding,plugging, openwithmownturfgrass,whichiscurrentlyincreasing and whipping areas of no or low-densityvegetation is the runoff coefficient at the surface. When the runoff critical to slope stabilization. While the areas of new coefficient increases, the velocity and volume of runoff vegetarive cover are being established, diversions can be increases.'Ihisisvisuallyevidenton-site,especiallyonthe createdtodirectrunoffawayfromtheseareas. south side of the initial approach along the entry drive. 'Ihere is notable rill and gully erosion, which is cutting 'Iheintentistocreateaconstructedwetlandwithoptional a very deep channel on that side of the entry drive. 'Ihis structural storage capacity in the below grade soil profile condition should be lessened by reintroduction of the adjacent to the outside of the hairpin turn on the entry meadow which will slow runoff and increase stormwater drive at the natural depression. Water that percolates infiltration diminishing the volume of stormwater into the constructed wetland will be slowly pumped to traveling down slope along the entry drive. the primary water supply point cistern location to be used for fire suppression. During more intense rainfall L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 39 events,the water level of this detenfion area will slowly � release water into an overflow pipe and then it will hickle into the drainage channel on the south side ofthe �.:,�,;�� ! � "'�"'`'� �� enhy drive. The conshucted wefland with the opfional i�III'. . ,_ ,., .. . underground storage capacity is the prunary point of �, ,i �,�`^. . i protufion of moderate rainfall events against excessive I�'7;=!-;_ ' ', runoffvelocityandvolumecontroLReduungthevelouty - and the arnount of water coming down the drainage channel on the south side of the enhy drive will help �� ,r,�„ �.,,- preserveandprotecttheaificalsideslopesanddrainage �-' �i '�w,�. ,,,_ . channel improvements. One of the drainage channel X��"��y^ i r' = improvements is to fill in the deep drainage cha�nels v� �' �� cut by excessive veloufies and volumes of stormwater �'�-�s .R=a�-�.,:r - � �� surface runoffwith new granular bio-retenfion soil.The '� drainage channel will also incorporate the use of chuk dams. These chuk darns will allow verfical percolafion and natural filtrafion of water through the new bio- �� `� retenfion soil,while dissipating its embodied energ}: �Y �� r The newly buik check darns along the length of the i_ " e�sting drainage channel on the south side of the entry drive will also funcfion as energy dissipaters which =� �qi� �.�� i enhances the sediment capture system. This means that -_� ;��_ suspended solids will be filtered out of the stormwater runoff before they enter the city's storm sewer system. Other temporary methods during the construaron of - ~ s � improvements are through the use of silt fences, fiker � �"� ships,and inlet protecfion at the point of enhy into the � N_ � y -i ��-'�"'----_'�' d storm sewer inlet. i ��i � '� �I _, _ , ' cr� � _ —�i��_ � -_�� - - Thisstormwatermana ementa roachultimatel seeks � � g PP Y � I �_� -—� tominunizedisturbancetothehistoricroadprofilesand r� adjacent vegetafion, while maintainu�g a historically appropriate solufion with minimal visual unpact.We are confident that the erosion issues evident on site are the accumulation � - - -� ._ _ . of almost � •�� . ,�` 100 years of ' ?k �'� � , development ! . % �� • �- and that small � •,. � e `�., � incremental ��'- � � '^�.,� stormwater R, � �_ _ -�;, _ management �� •,. � � shategies will �' .�'o„ � � resolve the � �-�Oy� ' '. �,'u�,°. issue without �°� '" ' �.' large invasive . : i _ , � < • -�. �—-_< .. '.• - : anddeshucfive ,• . -_ --. -. - . " � . � � � � traditional � solufions. � - _ _ _ _ _ L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 40 Parking Strategy The parking strategy for Pour Mounds is an approach usevenueslikestadiums.Itisalsopossiblewiththeright that inaeases parking capacity while concealing it. equipment to manage snow on these surfaces, however The proposed addifional parking areas are designed this should only be utilized in high visibility areas for not to negafively impact character defining features. overRow"parkingforinternaluse Por that reason,we are proposing to utilize reinforced, permeable turf parking in the more highly visible areas Implementing the following shategies will inaease to accommodateparkingneeds for thelargest scheduled parking capauty while maintaining the integrity of its eventsonthepropert}: regishy status and preserving its character defining features: Pour Mounds currenfly has 38 total parking spaces, however due to current prograrnming needs a�d site (1) Sensifively carving out spaces along the hee line on usage, more spaces are needed. Afrer conducting a thenorthsideoftheservicedrivetotheGreyHouse. walldngsurveyandinventoryofe�stingparkingspaces, 16addifionalspacesareproposedindosepro�n- it was conduded that we can add 60 spaces in addifion ity to the pump house for ropes course users and to what wrrenfly e�sts,for a total of 98 parking spaces. inshuctors,while 9 addifional spaces are proposed (see below) doser to the Grey House for the Pour Mounds staff and overflow parking. The plan proposes the use of reinforced,permeable turf parking which consists of a 6 inch deep sand profile (2) Adding and concealing 10 parking spaces in behind reinforced with polypropylene fibers for inaease the wood shop on the east side of the building for bearing support over a compacted base of natural soil users in dose proz�mity to the White House a�d for Thistuhnologyhasbeenusedeffufivelyformuryhigh- overflowparking. � - FrF in 4� O Numberofasphaltparkiqg spaces 2 ' " with contexNal edging matenals. /� Numberof reinNrced grzss "'k - � . ( ) y_, �. O spaces forovertlow parking. � tl � :� , �� Parkingspacesdosetomounds. �+.1 Observe legal regulahons on site. • _� 4��"'✓4 ,',.w �. . � 12 �� ..,. `�.,,�! . , :. . tc..� ^� i� . 4 � � � L . � z, � . � . �� O , ° �,� x ,, , , ro: 40 � •' � O d,'%ic y�� . ; , _ �� ,� i a ,,. - � 'j= "y' 4 +^� =✓ � �.€-x.iJ �� ,�-�.� � j �`.;,�„ ,�-�� .� � .' � ' � � „r'.`� �� m �E': t"�� 10 < ��c_ - ■- - - - - - - - - L A N D S C A P E H E A I 7 A G E A S S E S S M E N 7 A N D 5 I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D 5 E 5 T A T E 41 Ecological Sustainability Strategy (3) Expanding upon the existing gravel parking area Beginning in the year 2005,the U.S.Congress mandated along the main driveway close to the Grey House. that all fifry states, five U.S. territories, the District 'Ihis area currently has enough dimensional space of Columbia and several Native American tribes for 15 standard vehicles, and this plan proposes to have Wildlife Acrion Plans in place as a condition for add 25 more spaces. Because such a large area of obtaining federal funds. Iowa's Wildlife Acrion Plan gravel parking would detract from the character of (IWAP) constitutes the first-ever attempt at accounring the estate and the user experience, the strategy in and planning for the entire range of the state's wildlife-- this area is to implement a reinforced, permeable birds,fish,mammals,reptilesandamphibians,butterflies, turf parking area. During day camps and other stu- freshwater mussels and other creatures. Aiming to keep dent-related events,this parking area will also allow common species common, the wildlife action plan school buses to pull-off and parallel park for loading presents six visions for the future of Iowa's wildlife,with and unloading scenarios. 'Ihe grounds will be more goals and multiple management strategies for each. easy to maintain if no transportation vehicle larger With a habitat-based approach, Iowa's plan focuses on than a school bus is allowed this far into the proper- meering the needs of296 species ofgreatestconservarion ty.Larger vehicles, such as coach buses, should drop need (SCGN). 'Ihe IWP enumerates the state's wildlife, visitors at the lane entrance. evaluates the status of each species,examines stresses on wild creatures or their habitats, and lays out visions and (4) In order to minimize the impact of vehicles on-site, strategies to conserve wildlife over the next twenty-five it is recommended that non-emergency vehicles be years. limited to a school bus or smaller.'Ihis will preserve the site, minimize impact on landscape, and also Four Mounds sits at a strategic position with priority prevent damage from large vehicles running off the consideration in both urban forestry and forest legacy. lane. Semi-trailers and travel coaches can arrange Dubuque has been identified by the Iowa Department of deliveries, shuttles or drop guests at the end of the Natural Resources as a high priority area for assistance lane. It is recommended that Four Mounds install for tree inventories, management plans, and focused signage with ground clearance, tonnage and wheel planningandplanting. Withoverlapinfederal,state,and base capacity. local funding priority areas,these programs can provide resources to complete a detailed forest management plan. To retain historic character in compliance with Na- Refer to Iowa's Forests Today,Iowa DNR,June 2010. rional Register standards, cars in this lot should not be visible from the entry loop. Any lighting should 'Ihe reasons for Four Mounds Foundation to update be neutral and non-obtrusive. Saeening vegetation and implement a conservation and land management should include serviceberry, grey dogwood, vibur- plan go beyond the need to restore and protect the rich num,redtwigdogwood, oreuonymousalatus. resourcesthatexistatFourMoundsandthefactthatFour Mounds is located in a priority area as defined by the IWAP. By doing so, we are also following an important mission of the Four Mounds Foundarion, to use these resources to educate others and serve as a role model for the Community. When developing a strategy for Four Mounds, careful consideration should be made toward endangered, threatened, and species of greatest conservarion need (SGCN) both terrestrial and acquaric. 'Ihe following pages include a list of plant and animal species that are currently listed as endangered: L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 42 Endangered Plants Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Pale false foxglove Agalinus skinneriana Annual skeletonweed Lygodesmia rostrata Blue giant-hyssop Agastache foeniculum Water marigold Megalodonta beckii Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Northern lungwort Mertensia paniculata Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa Bigroot pricklypear Opuntia macrorhiza Eared milkweed Asclepias engelmanniana Clustered broomrape Orobanche fasciculata Mead's milkweed Asclepias meadii Ricegrass Oryzopsis pungens Narrow-leaved milkweed Asclepias stenophylla Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Ricebutton aster Asterdumosus Purple cliffbrake Pellaea atropurpurea Large-leaved aster Aster macrophyllus Arrow arum Peltandra virginica Schreber's aster Aster schreberi Pale green orchid Platanthera flava Fern-leaved false foxglove Aureolaria pedicularia Eastern prairie fringed Platanthera leucophaea Matricary grape fern Botrychium orchid matricariifolium Clammyweed Polansia jamesii Poppy mallow Callirhoe triangulata Crossleaf milkwort Polygala cruciata Cordroot sedge Carex chordorrhiza Purple milkwort Polygala polygama Large-bracted corydalis Corydalis curvisiliqua Jointweed Polygonella articulata Silky prairie-clover Dalea villosa Douglas' knotweed Polygonum douglasii Swamp-loosestrife Decodon verticillatus Three-toothed cinquefoil Potentilla tridentata Northern panic-grass Dichanthelium boreale Canada plum Prunus nigra Roundleaved sundew Drosera rotundifolia Frenchgrass Psoralea onobrychis False mermaid Floerkea proserpinacoides Pink shinleaf Pyrola asarifolia Bog bedstraw Galium labradoricum Prickly rose Rosa acicularis Povertygrass Hudsonia tomentosa Meadow spikemoss Selaginella eclipes Northern St. Johnswort Hypericum boreale Rough-leaved goldenrod Solidago patula Pineweed Hypericum gentianoides Bog goldenrod Solidago uliginosa Winterberry Ilex verticillata Yellow-lipped ladies-tresses Spiranthes lucida Black-based quillwort Isoetes melanopoda Pickering morning-glory Stylisma pickeringii Water-willow Justicia americana Rough-seeded fameflower Talinum rugospermum Dwarf dandelion Krigia virginica Waxy meadowrue Thalictrum revolutum Cleft conobea Leucospora multifida Long beechfern Thelypteris phegopteris Whiskbroom parsley Lomatium foeniculaceum Large-leaved violet Viola incognita Running clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum Rusty woodsia Woodsia ilvensis Bog clubmoss Lycopodium inundatum Yellow-eyed grass Xyris torta � � Endangered Animals Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Birds: Land Snails: Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus lowa Pleistocene Snail Discus macclintocki Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Minnesota Pleistocene Novisuccinea new species Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Ambersnail A Common Barn Owl Tyto alba lowa Pleistocene Novisuccinea new species Least Tern Sterna antillarum Ambersnail B King Rail Rallus elegans Frigid Ambersnail Catinella gelida Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Briarton Pleistocene Uertigo briarensis Vertigo Fish: Bluff Vertigo Uertigo meramecensis Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens lowa Pleistocene Vertigo Uertigo new species Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus Fresh Water Mussels: Pugnose Shiner Notropis anogenus Spectacle Case Cumberlandia monodonta Weed Shiner Notropis texanus Slippershell Alasmidonta viridis Pearl Dace Semotilus margarita guckhorn Tritogonia verrucosa Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus Ozark Pigtoe Fusconaia ozarkensis Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosomum gullhead Plethobasus cyphyus Least Darter Etheostoma microperca Ohio River Pigtoe Pleurobema sintoxia Reptiles: Slough Sandshell Lampsilis teres teres Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens Yellow Sandshell Lampsilis teres Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta anodontoides Great Plains Skink Eumeces obsoletus Higgin's-eye Pearly Lampsilis higginsi Copperbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster Mussel neglecta Mammals: Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi Massasauga Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius Amphibians: Butterflies: Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale Dakota Skipper Hesperia dacotae Crawfish Frog Rana areolata Ringlet Coenonympha tullia � � ADA Compliance Strategy Four Mounds is a natural and obvious choice for Four Mounds, as with all nationally registered historic broad-based forest management and conservation properriesanddistricts,needstounderstandaccessibility planning iniriatives. Strategies and protocols for forest requirements for historic structures in order to comply management and maintenance procedures can be withthreespecificfederallawstheArchitecturalBarriers addressed in an ecological assessment and master plan. Actofl968,Secrion 504oftheRehabilitarionActof1973, An ecological assessment and conservarion master plan and the Americans with Disabiliries Act of 1990.Federal for the Four Mounds Estate will establish a framework rules, regulations, and standards have been developed towardmaintainingitshealthandmanagingitslandscape which help provide guidance on how to accomplish ecology. access to these historic areas for people with disabiliries. Any required and retrofitted ADA work at Four Mounds In 2010 several trees were identified and removed along must be carefully planned and undertaken so it does not the inside edge of the hairpin turn at the top of the lower result in the loss or decline of cultural assets, character- entry drive. 'Ihis slight widening of the drive allows defining spaces,features,and finishes. 'Ihe goal for ADA fire trucks to negotiate that particular turn without compliance is to provide the most accommodating level having to perform a multiple point turn. In the short of access with the lowest level of impact. term, some trees along the entire entry drive need to be idenrified by a Landscape Architectfor selecrive pruning While accessibility an important aspect of preservarion and limbing in order to prevent any damage to fire and projects,it does not totallyconsider the overall process of rescue vehicles. 'Ihis will also help mirigate long-term preserving character-defining features(idenrify,protect, damage to mature overstory trees. repair, replace); instead, such work is assessed for its potential negative impact on the historic character of It is beyond the scope of this study, however, questions the district At Four Mounds,specific care mustbe taken of how much of the surrounding forested areas to not to obscure,radically change, damage, or destroy the clear for vistas will be best resolved by understanding character-defining features discussed in this document what type of landscape will exist under current forest during the process of implemenring any accessibility management recommendations. Prescribed burning requirements. or selective clearing are potential management tools. Deciding which management practice to implement will At Four Mounds, we recommend the following determine what type of landscape will result and how considerarions when addressing ADA accessibility those practices will impact the views to the river. requirements: • Identify a structure's character defining spaces,fea- tures,and finishes so that accessibility co de-required work will not result in their damage or loss. • Comply with barrier-free access requirements, in such a manner that character-defining spaces, fea- tures,and finishes are preserved. • Work with local disability groups,access specialists, landscape architects, and historic preservarion spe- cialists to determine the most appropriate solution L A N D S C A P E H E R I T A G E A S S E S S M E N T A N D S I T E P L A N F O R T H E F O U R M O U N D S E S T A T E 45 Needed Additional Documentation and Studies In order to implement all of the strategies mentioned in this secrion, a complete physical survey of the Four to any current access constraints. Mounds estate is needed. A physical survey will help accurately locate and idenrify site infrastructure legacies, • Provide barrier-free access that promotes indepen- giving planners and designers the information they need dence for the disabled person to the highest degree to be sensitive to the original estate planning and design practicable,while preserving significant historic fea- intent. 'Ihis information is critical to more detailed tures. vegetation management and site improvement plans such as the proposed installation of new sepric systems • Design new or additional means of access that are for the site.Understanding the extent and location of site compatible with the historic structure and its set- defining features is the step in protecring and preserving ring. then from construction activiries. Finally, Four Mounds should perform due diligence Additional documentation and studies include: on any accessibility improvements by submit[ing a formal request for review and comment to the Iowa • Updating Forest Management Plan (now under- State Historic Preservarion Office (SHPO). 'Ihis request �'ay) should be submitted on a standard form located at: http://www.iowahistory.org/historic-preservation/ • Detailed drainage plan for entry drive (preliminary review-and-compliance/request-for-shpo-comment. workunderway) html. • 1830 Pre-settlement Site Condition and Map 'Ihis request should then be submitted via mail to the State Historic Preservation Office and brought to the • An integrated plan of properties connecting Four attention of the Review&Compliance Coordinator: Mounds Estate to Eagle Point Park, either through a site plan or a site inventory of vegetation,topogra- Review&Compliance Coordinator phy,and existing structures. 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M1� 1 � f � - � - t' - 1 � A { � ( � �fa�> . . ,�� _ t�u�� J..t-., ''�_ � �� ZiM,I ♦ . ♦ � � ♦ ♦ • � � � � Four Mounds Foundation Dubuque, lowa HRDP BUDGETfor FOUR MOUNDS FOUNDATION Description Category Bywhom Total HRDP Cash In-kind Landscape Architect,JL Bruce Consultant J L Bruce &Assoc. $ 500 $ - $ - $ 500 Landscape Historian, FE Martin Consultant F E Martin, Historian $ 600 $ - $ - $ 600 Landscape Planning, CR Frommelt Consultant C R Frommelt, Landscape $ 1,740 $ - $ 1,500 $ 240 Project Management, CH Olson Personnel Chris Olson, director $ 1,200 $ - $ - $ 1,200 Damaged yew "tree" removal Contractor Full Circle Restoration $ 200 $ - $ - $ 200 Historic oak pruning Contractor Full Circle Restoration $ 800 $ - $ 800 $ - Elm tree grinding Contractor by City of DBQ $ 400 $ - $ - $ 400 equipment for removal of matter Equipment hired, est. by Frommelt $ 1,402 $ 1,202 $ - $ 200 Removal of extant plant matter Contractor Ridge Road Nursery $ 2,000 $ 2,000 $ - $ - Disposal of extant plant matter Contractor Ridge Road Nursery $ 375 $ 375 $ - $ - soil and beds preparation Contractor Ridge Road Nursery $ 3,500 $ 3,500 $ - $ - stone work (reset birdbath, walk) Contractor Ridge Road Nursery $ 400 $ 400 $ - $ - plant material procurement Material Supply Ridge Road Nursery $ 11,000 $ 9,350 $ 1,650 $ - Planting by nursery Contractor Ridge Road Nursery $ 4,400 $ 4,400 $ - $ - Planting by volunteers (8hr*24pp1) Personnel volunteers, staff $ 1,160 $ - $ - $ 1,160 Adjacentturfrestoration Contractor Ridge Road Nursery $ 2,000 $ 2,000 $ - $ - signage design & layout Consultant Neises Design $ 900 $ - $ 900 $ - signage research &content Personnel FMF staff $ 360 $ - $ - $ 360 signage fabrication & installation Contractor McCullough Creative $ 2,050 $ - $ 2,050 $ - WORKSHOPS- speaker Consultant Martin, Bruce, Frommelt $ 500 $ - $ - $ 500 WORKSHOPS- Lodging,travel Other-travel Martin, Bruce, Frommelt $ 929 $ - $ - $ 929 WORKSHOPS- materials, refreshment Material Supply supplies, refreshment $ 225 $ - $ 225 $ - WORKSHOPS- marketing other- marketing social, web, outreach, ads $ 325 $ - $ 25 $ 300 $ 36,966 $ 23,227 $ 7,150 $ 6,589 Total HRDP Cash In-kind 100% 62.8% 19.3% 17.8% STATE HISTORICAL HISTORICAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA SOCIETY OF IOWA Ownership Certification Form Does the Appli�antown the histori�al resour�e? � Yes � No Owner Information If the Appli�antdoes notown the histori�al resour�e, �omplete the following information. Owner Name: The City of Dubuque OwnerAddress 50 W. 13th Street Owner City,State Zip: Dubuque, IA 52001 Owner Email: ctymgr@cityofdubuque.org OwnerPhone(daytime): 563-589-4110 Certification � By[he[king this boz, I,(Name and Title), Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager as the owner of the histori�al resour�e,give my permission for the Appli�ant to�arry outthe proje�tdes�ribed in this REAP/HRDP grant application. Date: April 17, 2018 STATE HISTORICAL BUILDING•600 E LONASL•DES MOWES,IA 50319•IOWACULTUREGOV Dubuque PlamivgSeeviceeDepartrnevt THECITYOF � CityHall-50Weet13USheet R ��10=41�b Dubuque,IA 5200b9845 D�L � ��,� (563)5834210phove �5�,58�� 20°�-9019 (563)690.6678TDD MasYerpiece on the Mississippi w„-ao�� p�,,,,,;�Q��;roofa�b�n�eo�e Apri14, 2018 Christine Olson, Executive Director Four Mounds Foundation 4900 Peru Road Dubuque, lA 52001 SUBJECT: LetterofSupportfor HRDP Grant Application for Four Mounds Estate Dear Ms. Olson, I am pleased to provide this letter of support on behalf ofthe Ciry of Dubuque in support of the Four Mounds Foundatiods application fora Historic Resource Development Program (HRDP) Grant for improvements to the Four Mounds Estate Historic District, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a City Landmark Site. In our long collaboration with the Four Mounds Foundation, stewarding the historic architecture as well as the historic landscape, we've recognized the power ofworking partnerships and the fundamental signifcance of the historic site on our cultural heritage. The Citys Historic Preservation Commission has the responsibiliry to promote the protection, enhancement, and perpetuation of such landmarks through outreach, education, and design review. The ecological restoration of this historic landscape is crucial forthe continued opportuniry to promote and conduct educational and interpretive programs on key historic sites. As a Certifed Local Government, the Ciry of Dubuque is required to provide training for the Commission and staff. This project will help fulfill that need. It will be fnancially supported by $250.00 budgeted for Historic Preservation education and training bythe Planning Services Department. Additional workshop assistance with marketing to the community, regional historic preservation commissions, and partnering with regional preservation organizationslagencies. We also will seek continuing education credits from the American Planning Association for the training. The Four Mounds Foundation's dedication to preserving and interpreting the site's history offers enriching and engaging experiences to visitors and residents, furthering the social and cultural vibrancy of our community. The Ciry of Dubuque supports your initiative to seek funding toward site and landscape improvements at the Four Mounds Estate. We look fonvard to the collaborative process of enhancing and preserving this historic landmark. Sincerely, ;Y.11��li�_�i:��:l�(�.�„� Laura Carstens Planning Services Manager cc: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager Marie Ware, Leisure Services Manager Seevice People Ivtegeity Reepoveibility IvvovaHov Tearnwoek