Fort Monroe Historic Image Report
Abstract
Fort Monroe is located at Old Point Comfort, which is on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula between the Chesapeake Bay and the harbor of Hampton Roads (Figure 1). The harbor is formed by the confluence of the Elizabeth River, the Nansemond River, and the James River. A Programmatic Agreement for the Closure and Disposal of Fort Monroe, VA has been executed between the US Army, the Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer (VA SHPO)., the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)., the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Fort Monroe Federal Area Development Authority (newly renamed the Fort Monroe Authority)., the National Park Service, and 27 other stakeholders interested in the preservation of Fort Monroe. In the PA, the Army agreed to provide a cultural landscape study and a viewshed analysis to the Consulting Parties. The viewshed analysis identifies significant historic viewsheds from and toward the Fort Monroe NHL District. The cultural landscape study examines the physical changes from Fort Monroe s earliest occupation due to man-made and natural forces and chronicle past land uses and identifies significant landscape features and spatial relationships, and other important aspects of the existing and historic landscape at Fort Monroe. During the research for the cultural landscape study and viewshed analysis, CERL researchers uncovered a large number of historic photographs, drawings, maps, and post cards of Fort Monroe over the past two centuries. This report is a collection of these resources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2010
- Accession Number
- ADA584064
Entities
People
- Adam L Smith
- Megan W. Tooker
- Meghan Roller
- Rory Nicholson
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center