U.S. Department of the Navy, Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Abstract HHM staff documented 15 Senior Officer Quarters at NAS Corpus Christi to HABS Level II standards. HHM staff gathered architectural information on each building, located the original construction plans, researched the properties, and produced a written narrative of the history of NAS Corpus Christi. Documentation also included large-format photography of the buildings’ exteriors and significant interior features. The documentation satisfied Texas SHPO requirements to prepare the materials to...

Abstract The scope of work called for the updating of the 2000 ICRMP. The project called for the survey of cultural resources previously determined to be eligible for the NRHP and of historic resources constructed between 1950 and 1959 that have reached or will reach the 50-year age threshold for NRHP eligibility.At the outset of the project, the client (NAVFAC EFD SOUTH) revised the scope of work to include a study of 93 on-base Wherry housing units in the Fairway Hills neighborhood. The...

Abstract In 2003, HHM prepared mitigative documentation of the Seminole Battery/Building 283 (SB/B-283) at Naval Air Facility Key West. The resource, a concrete battery that was determined eligible for inclusion in the NRHP in 1998, was scheduled for demolition for Force Protection reasons, which constituted an adverse effect as defined in 36 CFR 800. The Navy therefore contracted HHM to undertake documentation and recordation of Building SB/B-283 in accordance with standards of the Historic American...

Abstract HHM prepared an Integrated Cultural Resources Plan (ICRMP) to assist Naval & Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) Des Moines, Iowa, with the management of significant cultural resources under its stewardship. NMCRC Des Moines is located on lands that have an extensive military tradition dating back to the mid-1800s when the Army located a cavalry unit in the area to protect settlers from American Indian raids. Building 47, which houses NMCRC Des Moines, is a contributing resource within...

Abstract The proposed transfer of Navy family housing to private contractors at 12 installations throughout the southeastern United States triggered a cultural resources survey in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The project included a comprehensive survey of all extant housing-related resources at the following locations: •Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida •Naval Air Station Key West, Florida •Naval Support Activity Mid-South (Millington), Tennessee •Naval...

Abstract In February 1999, HHM conducted an intensive cultural resources survey and National Register of Historic Places assessment of Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant (NWIRP) St. Louis, Missouri. HHM, following the procedures outlined in the Secretary of the Interior's "Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning", began this project by conducting an intensive field investigation of all extant resources within the NWIRP St. Louis project area, recording each building's...

Abstract In 1999 SOUTHDIV tasked HHM to prepare a report that developed and analyzed viable options to the proposed demolition of 14 World War II-era housing units at NAS Corpus Christi. The project was undertaken following the proposed implementation of a Public-Private Venture in which on-base housing would be transferred to a civilian contractor. Because the quarters had been determined to be contributing features in proposed NRHP historic districts, the Navy was required under Section 106 of the...

Abstract The project scope of work included reviewing all previously completed historical and archeological surveys at NAS Corpus Christi; developing an historic background that summarized the World War II history of the station from previous reports and researching the role that NAS Corpus Christi and its major tenants played during the Cold War; and an intensive survey and evaluation of all resources at the station built prior to 1992. The survey documented 362 non-residential buildings and...

Abstract Naval Hospital (NH) Beaufort includes a large medical and health-care complex that is set on a picturesque bluff overlooking the Beaufort River. Harbeson, Hough, Livingston, and Larson of Philadelphia designed the hospital, which was constructed in 1946-49. Besides the hospital and associated facilities, the grounds extend to include the site of the former Camp Saxton. This site marks the temporary encampment of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Colored), the first African-American regiment...