Wright Brothers National Memorial: Visitor Center--Historic Structure Report PDF
Preview Wright Brothers National Memorial: Visitor Center--Historic Structure Report
National ParkService U.S. DepartmentoftheInterior WrightBrothers National Memorial Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina Wright Brothers National Memorial Visitor Center Historic Structure Report "" ' Cultural Resources Southeast Region Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/wrightbrothersnaOOnati WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL VISITOR CENTER HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT Cultural Resources, Southeast Region National Park Service 2002 T, he historic structure report presented here exists in two formats. Atraditional, printedver- sion is available forstudyatthe park,the South- eastern Regional Office ofthe National Park Service (NPS SERO),and atavarietyofother re- positories. For morewidespread access, the his- toricstructure reportalso exists in aweb- based format through the SERO intranet,which in- cludes links to individual files foravariety of photographs, documents,plansand othermate- Cultural Resources Southeast Region rial used in compilation ofthe printed report. National Park Service 100 Alabama St. SW Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 562-3117 2002 Historic Structure Report Wright Brothers National Memorial VisitorCenter Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina LCS#: 91645 Previous page, south viewof Wright BrothersVisitor Center, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (WRBR VisitorCenter Collection) K r&jA CkMIL \/±/c*_ Recommended by x Chief, Cultural Resources Stewardship, Date Southeasstt RReeggiieonal Office 4 °^ 0mS1i»<j^ tfXUfr Concurred by: ft. / Z /'Superintendent, / Date Wright Brothers National Memorial Concurred by: f~j » \ Regional Director, Southeast Region Date Contents National Park Service iv SERO Contents MANAGEMENT SUMMARY Executive Summary Administrative Data PART DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY I: Historical Background Context, Mission66andModernism, Mitchell/Giurgola, Architects Chronology of Development and Use 13 Designingthe VisitorsCenter, Buildingthe VisitorsCenter, Dedicationofthe VisitorsCenter, LaterModifications Physical Description 31 Site, Exterior, Interior Graphic Documentation 55 Construction Time Line 59 Sources of Information 63 PART TREATMENT AND USE II: Introduction 67 Requirements for Use 69 Requirements for Treatment 73 Ultimate Treatment and Use 75 Wright Brothers Visitor Center HSR Contents APPENDICES A Chapter 2 from Mission 66 Visitor Centers 81 by Sarah Allaback B Historic Paint Finishes Study 101 C Interview with Ehrman Mitchell 139 D Feature Inventory 169 National Park Service vi SERO Team Project Project Manager Danny Scheidt, Historical Architect National Park Service Southeast Regional Office Atlanta, GA Report Editor Tommy H. Jones, Architectural Historian National Park Service Southeast Regional Office Atlanta, GA Document Layout/ Jon Buono, Historical Architect IntranetAccess National Park Service Southeast Regional Office GA Atlanta, Program Reviews Bob Blythe, History Allen Bohnert, Curatorial & Museum Services Lucy Lawliss, Historical Landscape Architecture Danny Scheidt, Historical Architecture Jon Buono, Historical Architecture National Park Service Southeast Regional Office Atlanta, GA Condition Assessment Jack H. Pyburn, A. A. I. Hartrampf Engineers, Surveyors, Architects Atlanta, GA FinishesAnalysis John A. Scott, Architectural Conservator National Park Service Northeast Cultural Resource Center Building Conservation Branch MA Lowell, Wright Brothers Visitor Center HSR Contents National Park Service SERO
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