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148 DARWIN D. MARTIN HOUSE // CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORT hues. Some plants include strong variegation and/or rust/red colors foliage. A second portion of landscape outside of the historic core, which exists along the complete western boundary of the core, is associated with the design and construction of the visitor center. A large mass planting of ferns (Ostrich Fern, Christmas Fern, New York Fern) runs along a majority of the boundary (at the base of the stone wall), where a short gridded allee of thornless honeylocust straddles the ferns and adjacent pavement. South of the ferns, adjacent to the Jewett Frontage, a large mixed planting bed of clethera, dogwood, low growing sumac, and other small to medium sized shrubs separates the visitor center entry from the historic core of the property. Circulation The overall property is bounded on the south by Jewett Parkway, a 35-foot wide neighborhood street (curb to curb) with a comparatively high level of traffic due to nearby land uses, and on the east by Summit Avenue, a 30-foot wide residential street. A third street, Woodward Avenue, which is also 30-foot wide, bounds the Gardener’s Cottage parcel. All streets allow on- street parking and include public sidewalks on both sides. The property as a whole is visibly prominent in the neighborhood due to its location at the corner of these two streets. The circulation features within the Jewett Frontage include the property’s vehicular driveway, a unit paver pathway set among turf that provides access to and from the visitor center, and an entry walkway leading to two separate entrances to the house (both located along this façade). The driveway has been recently rehabilitated and consists of a 10-foot wide gravel (chip-seal) drive extending in a notably direct line from Jewett Parkway, through the house’s porte-cochere, to the garage at the north end of the property. It includes a shallow angular tinted (light buff-rose color) cast-in-place concrete edge curb along both sides of the entire length. The driveway apron at Jewett Parkway is a monolithic concrete slab without edge curb. The driveway and walk to the Martin House is heated by a radiant snowmelt system. A large grey removable PVC bollard is set into a sleeve in the driveway near the sidewalk, to deter vehicular access into the driveway. The unit paver path to the visitor center is located near the southwest corner of the porte-cochere and consists of approximately 22 linear rows of 4x4-inch concrete pavers, (with aluminum edge restraint) set perpendicular to the travel path, each separated by approximately 4-inch wide turf grass space. The path connects the driveway to a multi-colored / patterned concrete paver path associated with the visitor center. The house’s pedestrian entry from the street runs parallel to the east side of the driveway and is standard (un-tinted) concrete. Though not of the same color concrete, the 5-foot wide concrete Fig. 146, top Chip-seal driveway, standard concrete walkway, tinted concrete curb-edge. Fig. 147, bottom Concrete unit-paver pathway linking driveway to Visitor Center area.