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Show (Check One) CONDITION I I Excellent EH Good | | Fair |X1 Deteriorated | | Ruins Altered Q Q Unexposed (Check One) (Check One) Unaltered Moved [Xj Original Site DESCRI BE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The original fort site was laid out in a rectangular shape 700' x 620'. In the center was a parade ground around which the buildings were constructed. On the east siue and on the west side stood two barracks. On the south side were six officers' quarters. To the north were tiie hospital, the headquarters building, and coinmissary store, Next to the east barracks stood the bakery. The stables were 300 yards west of the post. The buildings were constructed of the black, basaltic lava stone quarried nearby, mainly by local laborers. The original buildings were roughly plastered except for a two-story, 12-bed hospital which was finished with plaster of Paris. vlhen taken over by the IDS Church for an academy, the buildings were remodeled and a new building constructed. However, after the buildings were abandoned as a school in 1922, they soon fell into disrepair. In 1938, the CCC and WPA programs cleared away debris and built a race track. Today only one building, the laundress' quarters, remains. It was of black basalt rock, but altered slightly. Its rectangular dimensions are 3T x 57' with a gabled roof. The building has three chimneys, both ends and the center, and divides lengthwise with four rooms on each side, an outside door and a window for each room. Some of the interior parti-' tions have been removed. dith the plans of the fort still available and part of the site undis turbed, there is good archaeological potential for much of the site. However, part of the fort site has been covered by the Beaver Golf Course. Primary preservation efforts will be devoted to the restoration of the launueress' quarters building. MAR 5 |
