Fort Drum Miscellaneous Building Survey
Abstract
Through the years, the United States Congress has enacted laws to preserve the national cultural heritage. The first major Federal preservation legislation was the Antiquities Act of 1906. This Act was instrumental in securing protection for archeological resources on Federal property. The benefits derived from this Act and subsequent legislation precipitated an expanded and broader need for the preservation of historic cultural resources. With this growing awareness, the United States Congress codified the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), the most sweeping cultural resources legislation to date. The Congress created the NHPA to provide guidelines and requirements aimed at preserving tangible elements of the nation's past primarily through the creation of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Contained within this piece of legislation are requirements for Federal agencies to address their cultural resources, defined as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object. Section 110 requires Federal agencies to inventory and evaluate their cultural resources. Section 106 requires the determination of effect of Federal undertakings on properties deemed eligible or potentially eligible for the NRHP. Fort Drum, New York, consists of 107,265 acres. Its mission includes command of active component units assigned to the installation, provide administrative and logistical support to tenant units, support to tenant units, support to active and reserve units from all services in training at Fort Drum, and planning and support for the mobilization and training of almost 80,000 troops annually. The objectives of this study were as follows: (1) inventory 17 buildings and structures dating from 1941 to 1994, (2) research the history of these 17 buildings and structures, and (3) assess the eligibility of the buildings and structures according to NRHP guidelines.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA476957
Entities
People
- Adam L Smith
- Sunny Stone
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center