The road to recognition: preserving Florida's historic brick pavements

This thesis will examine the ways in which Floridas brick roads remain inuse, whether as transportation routes for automobiles or pedestrians. By analyzing the streetscape preservation policy of Saint Petersburg and the case of a brick-paved road in Santa Rosa County that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the thesis will explore several different means by which these resources have been protected. The ability of historic paving materials to contribute to the integrity and feeling of historic districts has been understood, if not broadly addressed, for quite some time. This thesis argues that these passageways are resources in their own rite, representative of earlier beliefs about connections within and between towns.