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Hope Street, Bristol, Rhode Island
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Assignment 5: Develop a brief, one paragraph, written architectural description of the exterior of several buildings along a Bristol street, which you will be assigned. Include two photographs, described in Assignment 6 Photographic: Survey. Develop your own one-page survey form (in Word®, WordPerfect®, Pagemaker®, Quark®, database form, HTML, etc.).

Read and reference the following (in addition to whatever other resources you may wish to use):

• Historical and Architectural Resources of Bristol, Rhode Island. Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1990. (Available on reserve in RWU Architecture Library)
• NPS binder of Statewide Survey Forms (Available on reserve in RWU Architecture Library)
• Statewide Survey and Planning

Examples of Statewide Surveys:

• North Carolina Statewide Architectural Survey
• Historic Sites Survey, South Dakota State Historical Society (SHPO). Includes a form in Access.
• Survey, Preservation Planning Division, Massachusetts Historical Commission. References the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS), an interactive computerized database.
• Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory, Kentucky Heritage Council

Assignment 6: Take at least two exterior photographs (4"x6" color prints or digital) of each of the structures surveyed for Assignment 5 Written: Survey, as well as at least two photographs of the streetscape, or greater environment. Place photographs, with proper identification, in archival sheets, along with negatives and a field record of each photograph taken.

Read

• Photography
  
• Ames, David L. "A Primer on Architectural Photography and the Photo Documentation of Historic Structures."
  

West Side (south to north) Photograph in morning.

East Side (south to north) Photograph in afternoon.

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Bristol, Rhode Island, O.H. Bailey & Co., lith. & pub., 1891. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. Includes index to points of interest. Library of Congress. Left: map. Right: Detail of Hope and State Streets.