Henry House: Historic Structure Report, Final Revised Edition
Historic Preservation Training Center and Vitanza TA. 2003. Henry House: Historic Structure Report, Final Revised Edition. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic Preservation Training Center. Frederick, Maryland
The Historic Structure Report project for the Henry House at Manassas National Battlefield Park began in November 2000, and three intermediate reports have been issued and reviewed. While this Final Revised edition is by no means the "final" word on the architectural fabric of the Henry House, it does provide insight and documentation of the extant structure. It intends to capture all relevant information about the condition of the structure during the years of the project, between February 2001 and May 2003. The initial project evolved into two separate but related tasks. One focused on research and the development of the Historic Structure Report (HSR); the other focused on the temporary emergency structural stabilization of the building so it would survive long enough to be preserved and rehabilitated. During the preliminary walk through of the building in February 2001, several notable structural cracks were identified, and, due to the lack of the majority of lateral cross-tie floor joists in the large center room of the structure, it was suggested the building's walls were alarmingly spreading apart. The HSR project, funded by the National Capital Regional Office Cultural Resource Preservation Program, occurred at this time to support the NPS MANA-155 “Rehabilitate the Henry House” project. The program’s scheduled funding for the construction phase of the project was still more than five years in the future. Immediate action was deemed necessary to monitor and stabilize the building for the interim time period. The project also involved the production of measured drawings and an interior finishes analysis.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Historic Preservation Training Center; Vitanza, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 2003-08
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic Preservation Training Center
- Units
- HIST , MANA
- Keywords
- Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Manassas, Chronology, Civil War, condition report, Construction, Development, ehistory, finishes analysis, Henry Hill, History, Management, rehabilitation, stabilization
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 010782: Henry House