California historic military buildings and structures inventory

Mikesell, Stephen

This is a four-volume document that analyzes the way in which historic buildings and structures have been evaluated by the various military branches in California and provides a methodological and contextual framework to guide future work. The California Historic Military Buildings and Structures Inventory (Statewide Inventory) is a four-volume document that analyzes the way in which historic buildings and structures have been evaluated by the various military branches in California and provides a methodological and contextual framework to guide future work. This document has two essential purposes: to report on the status of historic building and structure inventories that have been conducted on California military bases, and to move toward a statewide and interservice approach to completing the work that remains to be done. It may be useful to military planners and cultural resource specialists in other states as well, as an example of thematic and context-based historic property evaluation. Volume I, titled “Inventories of Historic Buildings and Structures on California Military Installations”, is the report of an effort to collect and classify all previous studies of California Department of Defense buildings and structures inventories. Volume II, titled “The History and Historic Resources of the Military in California, 1769-1989”, presents an interservice and region-wide history and historic themes statement for the military in California, 1769-1989. Volume III, titled “Historic Context: Themes, Property Types, and Registration Requirements”, brings the analysis of inventoried historic properties together with the historic themes statement, by discussing key or representative property types that particularly exemplify the historic character of a given time period or that memorialize the events of that period. Volume IV, titled “Appendices”, contains the appendices to the other three volumes.