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Abstract
This thesis proposes a preservation strategy for the former property of ElizabethLawrence. Lawrence was the first woman to receive a landscape architecture degree in NorthCarolina. The author of numerous books, articles, and newspaper columns, she designed andmaintained the house and garden at 348 Ridgewood Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina. Thisthesis examines the history of historic landscape preservation practice and philosophy. Thisthesis also provides an inventory of existing conditions and presents a maintenance plan for theproperty.