{"id":53890,"date":"2025-02-10T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53890"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:47:40","slug":"city-of-lakeland-conducting-architectural-survey-dixieland-munn-park-historic-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/02\/10\/city-of-lakeland-conducting-architectural-survey-dixieland-munn-park-historic-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"CITY OF LAKELAND CONDUCTING ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY DIXIELAND &amp; MUNN PARK HISTORIC DISTRICTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ardurra Group Inc., on behalf of the City of Lakeland, will conduct an architectural survey of the&nbsp;Dixieland and Munn Park Historic Districts&nbsp;from&nbsp;February 10\u201319, 2025. During this period, Ardurra employees wearing high-visibility vests will document historic resources from the public right-of-way. The&nbsp;South Lake Morton Historic District was resurveyed in 2022 during Phase One of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"96cade\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"167\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2.webp?resize=302%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53891 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #96cade; width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2.webp?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-2.webp?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ardurra is a&nbsp;Cultural Resource Management firm&nbsp;with offices nationwide. Their team of&nbsp;architectural historians and field technicians&nbsp;will survey structures, buildings, and landscapes that are&nbsp;at least 50 years old. This process includes photographing and filming properties from public spaces. A&nbsp;team of 2\u20134 credentialed surveyors&nbsp;in neon vests will evaluate all&nbsp;pre-1975&nbsp;structures, assessing architectural features, materials, and modifications\u2014without entering private property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Purpose of the Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Architectural surveys are essential for historic preservation planning. This survey aims to identify&nbsp;historically significant structures&nbsp;that contribute to the districts&#8217; character. To qualify as a&nbsp;contributing structure, a building must be at least&nbsp;50 years old&nbsp;and retain&nbsp;architectural integrity&nbsp;from its original era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once completed, the consulting firm will submit&nbsp;Florida Master Site File forms&nbsp;for qualifying properties to the&nbsp;Florida Division of Historical Resources. These updates will refine the&nbsp;National Register of Historic Places listing&nbsp;and the City\u2019s&nbsp;local historic district designation, officially recognizing new contributing buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, visit the&nbsp;City of Lakeland\u2019s historic preservation webpage:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lakelandgov.net\/survey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lakelandgov.net\/survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Munn Park Historic District<\/strong>&nbsp;was recognized as Lakeland\u2019s first historic district in 1980 and received National Register designation in 1997. This district represents Lakeland\u2019s commercial downtown and includes the City\u2019s most iconic buildings dating from the early twentieth century. Named for the city park at its center, the district extends to Lake Mirror and includes the City Beautiful-inspired Frances Langford Promenade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dixieland<\/strong>&nbsp;was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is one of the City\u2019s most traditional neighborhoods, with a grid pattern of streets and alleys, a mature tree canopy, and historic lights \u2013 all of which add to the historic atmosphere. It is bounded by South Florida Avenue to the east, Lake Hunter to the west, Dobbins Park to the south and downtown to the north.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ardurra Group Inc., on behalf of the City of Lakeland, will conduct an architectural survey of the&nbsp;Dixieland and Munn Park Historic Districts&nbsp;from&nbsp;February 10\u201319, 2025. 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