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Abstract:
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The Cultural Landscape Inventory is a comprehensive inventory of all historically significant landscapes within the National Park Service . This cultural landscape inventory documents the Johnson Settlement Area at the Lyndon B . Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City , Texas . The Johnson Settlement Area served as the headquarters for former president Lyndon B . Johnson’s paternal grandparents , Samuel Ealy Johnson and Eliza Bunton’s , open -range cattle ranch from 1867 through 1872 . After the collapse of the cattle ranching enterprise , the land was sold to James Polk Johnson and later converted into a small -scale farm by John Bruckner . From 1970 through 1972 , Lyndon B . Johnson was involved with the planning , acquisition , and donation of a portion of the original settlement property to the National Park Service . In 1972 , a major restoration and reconstruction project was completed as the property was converted into an historic interpretive landscape administered by the National Park Service . The Johnson Settlement Area is primarily an open pastoral landscape with reconstructed livestock corrals and a cluster of restored and reconstructed building and structures that collectively convey the ranching and frontier heritage of former president Lyndon B . Johnson .
The cultural landscape inventory documents the physical development and historical significance of the Johnson Settlement Area . The inventory evaluates the landscape characteristics of the district and considers the integrity and overall condition of this historic vernacular landscape . Further , the inventory assesses eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places . The Johnson Settlement Area Cultural Landscape Inventory expands the 1990 National Register of Historic Places nomination in its period of significance , boundaries and acreage , and National Register Criteria . |