Project Description: The project will provide a site history, existing conditions documentation, and analysis & evaluation of the Stanton House grounds. This project will provide Women’s Rights National Historical Park with documentation to guide short and long-term management of the landscape. The research will document the evolution of the Stanton House grounds and surrounding area from prior to European settlement to the present, with a focus on the period of significance between 1847 and 1862. The existing conditions documentation will provide an overview of the Stanton House unit’s physical context within the neighborhood along Washington Street and the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, an illustrated narrative that documents the existing character of the Stanton House unit, and a summary of existing park operations. The analysis and evaluation will provide an overview of the current National Register status of the park; recommendations for updating the National Register documentation pertaining to the landscape; and an evaluation of the cultural landscape to identify contributing and non-contributing characteristics and associated features.
Lead Principal Investigator: John Auwaerter, SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Co-Principal Investigator: Prof. Jean Yang, SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Partner Institution: SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Federal Agency Technical Contact: Robert Page
Federal Involvement: Bob Page, Director, NPS Olmsted Center, assisted with project scoping, coordination with park staff, site visits; Kelsey Little, GIS coordinator at the Olmsted Center, provided ArcPro training to the students; WORI Cultural Resource Program Manager Jess Bowes coordinated site visits, provided research data, and met with the students.
Project Type: Research
Project Discipline: Cultural Resources
Project Sub-Discipline(s): Cultural and Historic
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2024
Initial Funding Amount: $85,000.00
Federal Grant Number: P20AC00955
Location: Seneca Falls, New York
National Park or Protected Area: Women’s Rights National Historical Park
State(s): New York
New York Counties: Seneca
Student and Other Involvement:
- Masters Students: 3
- Interns: 1
Summary of Student Involvement: Master of Landscape Architecture graduate students Anna Tiburzi, Diane Portugal and Jake Totten undertook historical research, writing, and development of landscape maps in ArcPro.
Summary of Other Involvement: ESF Professors Maren King and Rachel Leibowitz led an undergraduate studio in 2020 to develop preliminary treatment concepts for the Stanton landscape and its surroundings.
ESF Professor Jean Yang and John Auwaerter completed the draft site history.
Products Associated with this Project:
- Auwaerter, John and Jean Yang, Diane Portugal, Anna Tiburzi, and Jake Totten. “Cultural Landscape Report for the Stanton Home, Women’s Rights National Historical Park,” draft. 2025. (Technical Report (Not Published))
Photographs from this Project:
Landscape Inventory at the Stanton Home
Photo credit: John Auwaerter, SUNY ESF
Image Date: September 14, 2023