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This report is part of the Cultural Landscape Publication Series produced by the Olmsted Center for
Landscape Preservation. This series includes a variety of publications designed to provide information
and guidance on landscape preservation to managers and other preservation professionals.

The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation promotes the stewardship of significant landscapes
through research, planning and sustainable preservation maintenance. Based at the Frederick Law
Olmsted National Historic Site, the center perpetuates the tradition of the Olmsted firms and Frederick
Law Olmsted Sr.'s lifelong commitment to people, parks and public spaces.

Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
99 Warren Street
Brookline, MA 02445
ph (617) 566-1689
fax (617) 232-4073
e-mail: olmsted_center@nps.gov

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Coffin, Margaret, 1963-
Guide to developing a Preservation Maintenance Plan for a historic landscape / by Margaret
Coffin and Regina M. Bellavia. - Rev. ed.
p. cm. - (Cultural landscape publication; no. 7)
Includes bibliographical references
1. Historic sites-United States-Conservation and restoration-Handbooks, manual, etc. 2.
Historic preservation-United States-Handbooks, manual, etc. 3. Landscape protection-United
States-Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Bellavia, Regina M., 1967- II. Olmsted Center for Landscape
Preservation (U.S.) III. Title.
IV. Series.
E159.C68 1998
363.6 '9' 0973-dc21 98-5731
CIP

Publication Credits: Information in this publication may be copied and used with the condition that
full credit be given to the authors and Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park
Service. Appropriate citations and bibliographic credits should be made for each use.

1998 Revised Edition: This publication was originally printed in 1995 by the Olmsted Center for
Landscape Preservation. This revised edition was made possible through the support of Robert Page,
Program Leader, Cultural Landscapes Program, and Randy Biallas, Program Manager, Park Historic
Structures and Cultural Landscapes Program, National Park Service, Washington Support Office.

Cover photo: Historic photograph, circa 1912, of tree work on the American elm at "Fairsted," the home
and office of Frederick Law Olmsted and later, office of the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture
firm. The property is now managed by the National Park Service (Courtesy of Frederick Law Olmsted
National Historic Site archives).