Historian / Architectural Historian II
Ms. Brookshear has experience in many elements of general historical research areas and cultural resources management. Since joining JRP in 2006, she has conducted primary and secondary research at several public and private repositories in California. Ms. Brookshear has contributed to cultural resources management projects in many roles from field recordation of historic to site-specific research, to writing of historical context material for Section 106 and CEQA compliance documents. Her work at JRP has included preparation of agricultural, industrial, and residential histories for a variety of property types for projects that have also included engineering features such as power generation facilities and water control structures. In her previous experience, Ms. Brookshear conducted research in various government records as part of a documentation project for the Hearthstone Historic House Museum, Appleton, Wisconsin, as well as completing site surveys and research for National Register of Historic Places nominations as part of her graduate work in Pennsylvania. Ms. Brookshear qualifies as an architectural historian under the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards (as defined in 36 CFR Part 61).
Prior to joining JRP in 2006, Ms. Brookshear served as Curator of Education for Hearthstone Historic House Museum, Appleton, Wisconsin, and Communications Assistant for the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She also completed the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Training Session for Architecture History Consultants (2006) and FEMA IS-00253 training for coordinating environmental and historic preservation compliance (2006). Ms. Brookshear earned her Master’s of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000.