Armories

Maryland:

• www.waterfowlfestival.org
• http://www.harfordhistory.net/fotobelair.htm

Georgia: http://www.scad.edu/savannah/visit/tour/aca_poetter.cfm

Oklahoma: http://www.route66interpretivecenter.org.

New York:

• http://www.armoryonpark.org/index.php
• http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2006b%2Fpr320-06.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1
• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/nyregion/22armory.html

Virginia: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/richmond/FirstBattalionArmory.html

Colorado:

• http://www.bouldercoloradousa.com/docs/Walking_Tour%20Map.pdf (page 4)
• http://boulderarmory.com/

Michigan: http://www.bouma.com/blog/?page_id=78

Massachusetts: www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/ES-Programs/Conservation/Legacy/Still-Serving/stillserving.html

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Bridge Preservation

Missouri :

• Owned by the city of Madison, IL, the Chain of Rocks Bridge (1929) connects Missouri and Illinois over the Mississippi River. Located just north of St. Louis, the bridge closed to auto traffic several years ago. Trailnet leased the bridge beginning in 1997 and raised funds to restore and maintain the bridge for use as a pedestrian/bike trail. Trailnet also uses the site educational programs. More information on this bridge can be found at: http://www.trailnet.org/p_ocorb.php.
• In 1982 a flood on Apple Creek in southeast Missouri swept the 1879 pin connected Pratt through truss off its piers and into the creek. The town salvaged the bridge trusses, storing them until funds could be raised to restore and rebuild the bridge in its original location. The bridge was stored and reopened as a pedestrian/bike crossing in 2006 or 2007. This is a very small community who now use the bridge as a tourist attraction and center piece. More information on the bridge restoration project can be found at: http://oldappleton.com/bridge.asp.

New Hampshire:

The towns of Boscawen and Canterbury New Hampshire share a 1907 Parker high truss metal bridge, designed by the outstanding NH engineer John W. Storrs. The bridge was closed to traffic several years ago. The bridge crosses the Merrimack River in a rural area; in the past there was limited interest in rehabbing it for bike / pedestrian and snowmobile use, but none is evident now. The towns consider the bridge to be a safety hazard (an "attractive nuisance" to adventurous swimmers) and are asking the NH DOT to help them demolish it. There appear to be no Corps of Engineers or other federal permits required and therefore no Section 106 review, although the state-level review procedure of RSA 227-C:9 -- http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XIX/227-C/227-C-9.htm -- is applicable. The consulting engineers assert that there is a 40% section loss, but it is mostly in the floor beams, stringers, and joists, which could be replaced, along with the deck, without substantially affecting the bridge's historical and structural significance.

New Jersey:

Raritan Borough & Hillsborough Township,

County Bridge No. EO 801 is commonly called the Nevius Street Bridge over the Raritan River. It is an example of a publicly funded project that owes its success to creative minds who were willing to grapple with a problem until the solutions became simple and obvious.

Constructed in 1886, the Nevius Street Bridge is the oldest metal highway bridge in the County and ranks as one of the oldest and most complete examples of its truss design in the entire State. Individually listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, the bridge served for many years as a link connecting River Road in Hillsborough to Nevius Street in Raritan Borough. But after numerous repairs, it was not possible to strengthen the existing structure to continue to carry vehicular loads or provide sufficient width for current traffic volumes. Replacement of the crossing on an alternate alignment was recommended. The bridge was rehabilitated for pedestrian use and a new bridge was constructed as the replacement crossing for vehicle traffic.

This project cost slightly over $8M and took over a decade from the initial scoping phase. Recognition went to the County of Somerset - and its Board of Chosen Freeholders.

The Elm Street Lenticular Truss Bridge

Photos: http://www.seocom.com/stan/njnasst1.html
Additional info: http://setmar.com/Bridges/Elm/Elm.htm
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2007/09/historic_bridge_gets_facelift.html

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Chain Hotels

Hampton Inns

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Colorado: University of Colorado (Denver)

Connecticut: Yale University (New Haven)

Delaware: University of Delaware (Newark)

Georgia:

• Valdosta State University (Valdosta)
• University of Georgia (Athens)

Illinois: Northwestern University (Evanston)

New Jersey: Rutgers University (Highland Park)

New York: Columbia University (New York City)

North Carolina:

• Duke University (Durham)
• North Carolina State University (Raleigh)
• Peace College (Raleigh)

Pennsylvania:

• Gettysburg College (Gettysburg)
• University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

Rhode Island: Brown University (Providence)

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Massachusetts:

• Boston Sanitorium
• Foxborough State Hospital

Historic Jails

West Virginia: In Charles Town, West Virginia, the Jefferson County Jail was rededicated on September 20, 2008 after a multi-year effort to save the building. Designed by A.B. Mullett, the jail is most noted for its role in the coal mine wars. After the Battle of Blair Mountain in southern West Virginia, miners arrested for treason were held in the jail during their 1922 trial.

The County Commission had decided upon demolition of the jail. The building was considered structurally unsound and inappropriate for reuse. Local citizens opposed this decision and the WV SHPO commented according to a state review process. The matter ended up at the WV Supreme Court. County Commission membership changed; the public continued to support reuse of the building. A second structural opinion was more positive than the first. The WV SHPO provided a state development matching grant ($42,000) to replace the roof. The County invested considerable funding and decided to adaptively reuse the building. Having toured the building both before and after, it is a beautiful project. The portion of the building once used as the jailer’s residence is now office space. The majority of the cells were removed. There is a courtroom and record storage space also.

For more information, check out http://www.savethejail.org/index.html and the following local news article, http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/510499.html?nav=5006. Frances Morgan is the current President of the Commission. Their contact information is found at http://www.jeffersoncountywv.org/jcc.html

Massachusetts: Boston's Charles Street Jail, is now the Liberty Hotel, a luxury hotel. The article indicates it received state and federal tax credits. In a nod to the building's past, jail cells were preserved within areas now housing the hotel's restaurants/bars, named "Clink", "Alibi" and "Scampo" (Italian for "escape"). http://libertyhotel1-px.rtrk.com/

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Medical Clinics

We have received a preliminary application to determine NJ and National Register eligibility for an 1820s medical clinic. The building was constructed circa 1823 specifically for use as a medical clinic for the doctor (not his residence). It was surveyed by HABS and identified as being unique in their survey as the earliest purpose-built medical clinic. Are any of you familiar with a building specifically built for use by a doctor as a clinic--from an earlier period?

Maryland: The Montgomery County (MD) Historical Society owns a medical office used by Dr. Stonestreet in the later 1800s. They now use it as a medical museum. See http://www.montgomeryhistory.org

Vermont: Castleton Medical College in Castleton, Vermont was founded in 1818. After outgrowing temporary quarters in a commercial building, the College built a new two-story building with a skylight, an anatomical theater, a medical laboratory, lecture halls and a medical library. It was completed and occupied in September 1821, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Castleton Medical College closed in 1862, but the Medical Building is now part of the Castleton State College campus.

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Outdoor Ampitheaters

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Trailer Parks and Mobile Homes

California: It’s the Monterey Trailer Park and is a Los Angeles landmark. Here is a link to an LA Times article about it. http://articles.latimes.com/2002/nov/06/entertainment/et-quick6.5

Iowa: I have done some surveys of vintage mobile homes around Arkansas, and our office has determined one eligible. We haven’t nominated any yet, but give me time… Most of the ones we have surveyed have been from the mid- to late-1950s, although we have documented one that may date from the late 1940s. One great website that I use is below. It has great vintage ads for mobile homes and travel trailers starting in the early 1930s.

http://www.allmanufacturedhomes.com/html/vintage_mobile_homes.htm

New Jersey

• Moving Home: Manufactured Housing in Rural America. published by the Housing Assistance Council in December 2005. By Lance George and Milana Barr. ISBN 1-58064-141-5
• Wheel Estate: The Rise and Fall of Mobile Homes by Allan D. Wallis (Oxford University Press, 1991).

Vermont: Check out http://www.uvm.edu/histpres/HPJ/phinney/index.html for a research project on a mobile home park in Burlington, Vermont. It contains good information about the history and development of mobile homes, trailer parks, and how they have evolved throughout the years.

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Wood Grain Elevators

Montana: http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/case-studies/preservation-award-winners/the-hawkeye-center.html

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