Master Plan, Fort Apache Historic Park, White Mountain Apache Tribe

CDG Architects; Davisson, Lori; Reid, J.

From introduction: "The White Mountain Apache Tribe and CDG Architects have created a Master Plan for the existing Fort Apache Historic Site. This plan accommodates the needs and desires of the Tribe as well as the historic nature of the site. By listening to the options originally presented by the White Mountain Apache Tribe Advisory Committee, we were able to develop an interpretive plan with an emphasis on the Apache culture as well as the effect of the military on the Apache way of life. Within this emphasis are four interpretive periods: 1.) Pre-European Contact Period (before 1400), 2.) Apache Period (1400-1870), 3.) Military Period (1870- 1922), and 4.) Theodore Roosevelt School Era (1922-present). Each period has its own unique significance which may be observed through the built environment. The site consists of 288 acres, as outlined by the National Register of Historic Places (see Appendix A for copy of Nomination Form). The main body of the site centers around the original Parade Ground. There are a total of twenty-eight buildings existing on the site, of which less than fifty percent are currently occupied. Although the act creating the Theodore Roosevelt School specifies that buildings will convert to Tribal ownership when no longer used by the school, at present only three institutional buildings are wholly devoted to school use; some former officers' quarters are occupied by school personnel. The formality of transferring unused buildings to Tribal control has not occurred. The Master Plan recognizes the declining enrollment that has occurred over the past thirty years at Theodore Roosevelt School. It is designed for phase implementation calling for some immediate actions that do not concern school buildings and integrates existing school buildings into the whole only when and if Theodore Roosevelt School closes or relocates. This Master Plan is the fruition of continued efforts on the parts of the Fort Apache Advisory Committee and the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council in concert with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the State Historic Preservation Office. Adoption of the Master Plan is an important step toward the employment of many White Mountain Apache people, and the restoration of the historic site will provide a sustainable, income producing resource for the Tribe." Funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Master Plan, Fort Apache Historic Park, White Mountain Apache Tribe

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