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                                                    ENCLOSURE #1









                  PENNSYLVANIA COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM






               FINAL REPORT: PUBLIC COURTYARD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT


                             HISTORIC BARTRAM'S GARDEN


                                 PHILADELPHIA, PA









                                   PREPARED BY:


                             JOHN BARTRAM ASSOCIATION


                        54TH STREET AND LINDBERGH BOULEVARD


                              PHILADELPHIA, PA 19143

                                   215-729-5281




                                 January 10, 1991










           SB     ect was financed in part through a Federal Coastal Zone
           482    t grant from the Pennsylvania Department of
           T4     ntal Resources with funds provided by the National
           F66    nd Atmospheric Administration
           1991


















                                TABLE OF CONTENTS




        Historic Bartram's Garden: Background Information             1


        Public Courtyard Project: Background Information              3


        Project Description:                                          4

            Archaeology

            Brick Surface and Walkways

            Lighting

            Gates


        Financial Report                                              6


        Attachments:


            Regional Map

            Property Map

            Barnyard Archaeological Map

            Historic Bartram's Garden Logo

            Photographs








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                Historic Bartram's Garden: Background Information


              Historic Bartram's Garden is a 44-acre park owned by the
        City of Philadelphia and included within the Fairmount Park
        System. Since 1893, the John Bartram Association, a private
        non-profit educational organization, has worked in cooperation
        with the City on the park's preservation and restoration. Under
        a self-renewing lease, the Association provides all program
        staff for the site, raises funds for maintaining and restoring
        the historical garden and buildings, sponsors historical and
        archaeological research, operates educational programs for
        children and adults, and targets certain services to its
        immediate, economically depressed community in southwest
        Philadelphia.

              Historic Bartram's Garden was designated a National
        Historic Landmark (1963) and added to the National Recreation
        Trails System (1985) by the National Park Service, U.S.
        Department of th 'e Interior. Established in 1731 as a botanical
        garden by America's pioneering naturalist and botanist, John
        Bartram (1699-1777), today Historic Bartram's Garden is regarded
        as the oldest extant botanical garden in North or South America.

              The site contains three significant collections:

        I.    Buildings:

              Bartram House - built in late 17th century and expanded
              through the 1820s, restored with twelve period rooms open
              for public visitation.

              Barn - built in 1775, partially restored, used for
              educational programs and storage.

              Stable - built in 18th and early 19th centuries, first
              floor rehabilitated in 1990 for educational programs and
              rentals.

              Carriage House and Dovecote - built in late 18th through
              early 19th centuries, partially restored in 1990 for public
              visitation.

              Seedhouse Complex - four separate structures under one roof
              built from late 18th through early 19th centuries, includes
              deep, circular ice pit and root cellar restored in 1990 for
              public visitation, and classroom and service kitchen
              created in 1990 construction program.

              (The barn, stable, and carriage house are arranged around a
              rectangular barnyard enclosed on the fourth side by a stone
              wall which was the location for the Coastal Zone Management
              -assisted Public Courtyard Project.)


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         II.  Horticultural


              Historic Botanic Garden - consists of numerous beds of the
              perennial species which the Bartrams collected and
              propagated; in the lower garden are mature specimen trees
              known by the Bartrams, some descended from their originals;
              Azalea Way is a 150-yard walk to the river bordered by
              native rhododendron, azaleas, and the rare Franklinia
              alatamaha.


              Meadow - 15 acres of native wildflowers and grasses created
              on land reclaimed from industrial use.

         III. Archaeological

              Cider Press - very rare stone foundations carved in bedrock
              along the river bank supported a cider press erected by
              John Bartram in the 18th century.

              Artifacts - thousands of artifacts have been recovered in
              several controlled archaeological digs which have been
              conducted At Historic Bartram's Garden since 1975.
              Most currently are in storage, but will be periodically
              displayed in new exhibit spaces crated by the 1990
              construction program.



              A research library is available to the public by
         appointment and contains information on the Bartram family and
         development of the site as an early botanical garden, commercial
         nursery, and later a public park.


              The grounds of Historic Bartram's Garden are open daily
         dawn to dusk at no charge. Self-guided walking tours are
         available. The Bartram house is open for tours on a regular
         basis throughout the year, staffed by the John Bartram
         Association. A small fee is charged.

















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               Public Courtyard Project: Background Information


             In 1981, the Bartram House was restored by the City of
        Philadelphia and reopened to the public. Still in neglected and
        deteriorating condition, however, were the historically
        significant outbuildings and garden areas. To begin the process
        of reversing their decline, in 1984 the John Bartram Association
        commissioned a "Master Plan for the Restoration of Bartram's
        Garden" from Landscape Architect, Rudy J. Favretti. In 1985,
        the Association began raising funds for implementation of the
        plan which called for rehabilitation of the historic
        outbuildings for programmatic uses and restoring certain
        portions of the historic garden.

             Fundraising continued through 1989 with more than $1.3
        million eventually raised for the entire scope of work.   Part
        of that funding included a $300,000 challenge grant from the Pew
        Charitable Trusts and a $100,000 grant from the William Penn
        Foundation.

             In 1988-89, the Asssociation received approval of a $50,000
        grant from the Coastal Zone Management Program (CZM) for work on
        public access components of the restoration. The scope for the
        CZM component included creation of a public courtyard within the
        confines of the existing barnyard, including an all-weather
        surfacef gates, and necessary electrical systems. Dagit Saylor
        was selected as architect and Unkefer Brothers as construction
        manager. The construction contracts for the CZM and remaining
        components of the construction project were signed with Unkefer
        Brothers February 12, 1990. The Association's contract with CZM
        was signed October 1. 1989 with an original termination date of
        September 30, 1990; this later was extended to December 31,
        1990.

             Work on both the CZM-assisted public courtyard project and
        outbuildings restoration proceded simultaneously.


















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                               Project Description


             The public courtyard project involved laying an all-weather
        surface on the existing barnyard, adding gates to enclose the
        area, and installing an electrical system for outdoor lighting
        and outlets. Several aspects of the project are of particular
        interest:


        Archaeology

             Because Historic Bartram's Garden is a National Historic
        Landmark, the federally-supported CZM project was reviewed by
        the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) in
        accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic
        Preservation Act (1966, amended 1980). The Division of
        Archaeology and Protection required a Phase I Survey of the
        courtyard by a qualified archaeologist. The Association
        retained Joel Fry, Ph. D. candidate at the University of
        Pennsylvania,'to compile this report which was submitted to the
        PHMC in March 1990. As a result of that survey, the PHMC
        approved creation of the courtyard, provided certain limitations
        were observed. Fry was on hand throughout the project to
        monitor and ensure the PHMC conditions were adhered to.

             Excavations for the courtyard yielded several important
         discoveries. A hand-carved stone water trough with initials
        (one of which was "B") carved on the underside was uncovered
        beneath the layers of fill in the barnyard. Also found was the
        barnyard brick cistern, several brick drains, brick foundations
        for horticultural structures, stone foundations for walls, stone
        pavers for the original barnyard floor, and brick flooring for a
        portion of the barn no longer standing.    After long discussions
        with archaeologists about the proper treatment of these
        archaeological features, it was the consensus that they should
        be carefully recorded and then covered so as to preserve them
        for future controlled archaeological excavation. Accordingly,
        all of these features were mapped, photographed, and measured,
        and an archaeological base map prepared (Attachment A). The
        features then were covered with a protective fabric and weighted
        down with sand and pennies dated "1990." The new brick surface
        was laid on top. The archaeological map, historical
        photographs, and supporting materials, will be featured in a
        future outdoor exhibit in the barnyard on its archaeology. The
        water trough is currently on display in the barnyard.

        Brick Surface and Walkways

             The public courtyard project resulted in the creation of
        3,860 square feet of surfaced outdoor space. After long debate
        and cost camparisons, it was decided to use brick as the
        all-weather surface for the barnyard. The bricks are laid in a
        layer of sand and can be easily removed for work on the
        underlying mechanical systems or for controlled archaeological

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         survey. The Association anticipates that this will be an
         important aspect of its exhibit program in future years, as the
         public can visit the barnyard and see a dig in process. The
         brick surface made possible another unique undertaking: offering
         bricks with engraved names and/or the Bartram logo to donors for
         installation in the courtyard. The brick manufacturer of the
         pavers used in the courtyard, Glen-Gery Corporation, assisted
         the Association with the development of a promotional brochure.
         The campaign will be launched in 1991.

              One thousand fifty square feet of brick walkways were
         created by the project. A brick drop-off station from the
         adjacent parking lot connected to a brick walkway and service
         drive serves as the new primary public entrance for Historic
         Bartram's Garden.

         Lighting

              Seventeen light fixtures, concealed behind the carved
         bargeboard of the stable and carriage house, wash the stone
         walls of the stable, carriage house, and dovecote in subtle
         light. Two lights also have been placed over the doors to the
         stable and carriage house which front on the courtyard. In all,
         19 lights are programmed to go on at dusk, providing an
         additional measure of security for the site. Two lights,
         activated by a hand switch, have been installed beneath the
         dovecote. Heavy duty electrical outlets were installed in four
         areas of the barnyard, enhancing its usefulness for outdoor
         events.
         Gates Two kinds of gates were designed for and installed in the
         courtyard: barnyard-like horizontal wooden gates at the entrance
         and iron gates at the three other openings. The low-slung
         entrance gate is mounted on a massive squared stone pier which
         echoes other stone piers at the site as well as the stone of the
         buildings surrounding the courtyard. The same horizontal board
         design was incorporated along the ramp for handicap access to
         the carriage house and around the steps leading to the stable.

              Locking, decorative iron gates were installed in three
         other locations. Each gate is capped by a horizontal frieze of
         botanical carvings, derived from eight motifs (found in three
         locations at the site) carved in stone by John Bartram. The
         motifs also were used in the creation of the Garden's new logo,
         adopted by the John Bartram Association in October 1990
         (Attachment B). In addition, the botanical motifs are featured
         in the logo bricks described above.



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                                   Financial Report


              When the John Bartram Association submitted its initial
        application to the Coastal Zone Management Program in December
        1988, a budget of $150,510 was proposed based on rough estimates
        by the architect. Subsequent design modifications raised the
        architect's estimate to $159,200 by October 1989. Fortunately,
        in its contract negotiations with Unkefer Brothers throughout
        December 1989 - February 1990, the Association was able to
        obtain a better price, i.e., $148,893.00. The chief reason for
        the cost savings was in the use of brick as the all-weather
        surface, rather than the more expensive aggregate originally
        proposed by the architect. Brick was also unanimously
        recommended by archaeologists and the Philadelphia Historical
        Commission.



              The contract price of $148,893.00 with Unkefer Brothers as
        construction manager was broken down into the following
        categories:


              Earthwork                      $ 29,990
              Brick Paving                       59,573
              Carpentry                          7,440
              Millwork                           3,220
              Masonry                            3,890
              Misc. Metals                       8,130
              Painting                           1,630
              Electrical                         11,640
              General Conditions                 16,290
              Fee                                7,090

              Total                         $ 148,893



              The project was completed on December 26, 1990 when the
        last contract items, the three metal gates, were delivered and
        installed.


















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