The History and Preservation of the Community Auditorium-Gymnasium: Historic Structure Report for Manzanar National Historic Site
Carper RL, Chappell G, Jackson R, Roberts AM, Smith E, Snow D, Svoboda C. 1998. The History and Preservation of the Community Auditorium-Gymnasium: Historic Structure Report for Manzanar National Historic Site. Historic Structure Report. Denver, Colorado
Manzanar was one of ten internment camps which held native born Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from the West Coast of the United States during World War II. Construction of the facilities at the Manzanar War Relocation Center took place between 1942 and 1944. The site was selected to hold Japanese American evacuees in February 1942, and construction began the following month. The first evacuees arrived on March 21, 1942. Construction and remodeling of the buildings in the center was constant until 1944 when most major construction ended. Manzanar was closed when the last evacuees left on November 21, 1945. After a National Park Service study of all ten sites, it was determined that Manzanar, a National Historic Landmark, presented the best opportunity for preservation and interpretation. The United States Congress established Manzanar National Historic Site on March 3, 1992. The General Management Plan (GMP) for the park was completed in January 1997. In order to begin implementation of the GMP, which called for preservation of the three remaining buildings on the site and adaptive reuse of the Auditorium, the largest of the three, it is necessary to prepare an Historic Structure Report (HSR) for the Auditorium Building. In accordance with NPS-28, the Cultural Resource Management Guidelines, the report includes achitectural and engineering analysis and recommendations. The recommendations reflect concurrence with national codes, Historic Preservation Standards and Guidelines, and NPS Management Guidelines. The HSR includes documentation of available historical records and evidence of the building’s evolution and significance, documentation of existing conditions, proposals for specific treatment of the building, analysis of the effects of those treatments on the building, and recommendations for further studies. This HSR will serve as the programming, historic documentation and design recommendations document for schematic and design development
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Carper, Robert; Chappell, Gordon; Jackson, Robbyn; Roberts, Andrew; Smith, Elizabeth; Snow, Dave; Svoboda, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1998-12
- Units
- HIST , MANZ
- Keywords
- ehistory, Historic structure, History, Management, Man-made structure, modifications, Organization, Planning, Preservation, Relocation, Relocation, Treatment
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 058666: Auditorium