Consulting Party Meeting #1

The National Park Service (NPS) your interest in the Redevelopment at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus (Project). To further our consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 U.S.C. § 306108) and its implementing regulations (36 CFR § 800), NPS provides further detail on the Project below.
Project Background

The purpose of the Project is to revitalize the existing Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus area and proximate Anacostia River waterfront into a vibrant, mixed-use development that welcomes residents and visitors, offering a variety of parks, new neighborhoods, and civic amenities, filling in an essential missing piece in the unique landscape of the Anacostia River and the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus consistent with the D.C. Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus Revitalization Act, Pub. L. 118-274. In that Act, Congress authorized commercial and residential development at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to aid in revitalizing this area; the proposed study area can be found in Attachment A. The Project would establish distinct 'places that are active not only during event days at the new state-of-the-art pro-sports stadium (which will host sporting, entertainment, cultural, and civic events) but rather active and vibrant throughout the year. To support these new neighborhoods, the Project would improve and extend the existing street network, transit services, and related utilities, connecting the new commercial and residential development to the Anacostia River waterfront consistent with the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative. The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative was established March 22, 2000, when nineteen federal and District agencies committed themselves to the unprecedented effort of restoring the Anacostia River, its waterfronts and adjoining communities and parks.

Section 106 and Historic Properties

To prepare for the Section 106 consultation process, NPS has enclosed a list of consulting parties and a graphic illustration of a draft Area of Potential Effects (APE) (attached). These items are intended as a basis for discussion and are subject to modification through the consultation process. The APE considers all the potential direct effects that implementing the project could have on historic properties, as well as other indirect effects, including visual effects and impacts to overall viewsheds. The APE generally covers the Congressional Cemetery, portions of Anacostia Park on the west and east sides of the Anacostia River, part of Kingman Park Historic District, and most of the Hill East Development District, which comprises sixty-seven acres at the south end of the project area.

A preliminary list of historic districts within the draft APE includes six National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listed properties, three historic districts, and one cultural landscape. Six sites were found to be potentially eligible for the NRHP. The proposed APE includes portions of the Kingman Park Historic District, Langston Golf Course Historic District, the Young, Browne, Phelps, and Spingarn Historic District, as well as Anacostia River Park. It also includes the following historic properties individually listed in the NRHP and/or the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites: Anne Archbold Hall, the Congressional Cemetery, Eastern High School, Langston Terrace, Seafarers Yacht Club, and Spingarn Senior High School. The Congressional Cemetery is a designated National Historic Landmark and Anacostia Park is designated as a Cultural Landscape. Anacostia Park, the Anacostia Seawall, the D.C. Armory, Eliot-Hine Middle School, Anne Archbold Hall and Kingman Lake and Kingman Heritage islands are all potentially eligible for the NRHP.

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