Collaborative Justification for Reconstruction of the McLean House at Appomattox
Happel R, Holder P, Julian R. 1942. Collaborative Justification for Reconstruction of the McLean House at Appomattox. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The report is intended to assist in an accurate review of the plan for the proposed reconstruction of the McLean House at Appomattox Court House National Historical Monument (Plan NHM_APP_2010), which was completed by the Regional Branch of Plans and Design. A detailed justification for every important feature of the house would be presented as an assemblage of the information on 5x8 cards in park files. These cards contain historical, archeological, and architectural data to justify each unit of the reconstruction. The McLean House, built in 1848 by Charles Raine, was the scene of the meeting between Generals Grant and Lee on April 9, 1865, to arrange for the cessation of hostilities that marked the end of the Civil War. In 1893, Myron Dunlap had the house torn down with plans for its removal to Washington, DC as a museum. The plan was never completed and the materials remained on the ground at the site. The sections that follow the introduction correspond to the sequence of units as originally numbered and arranged on the aforementioned cards. Each unit constitutes a number, and the data of each technical branch is presented in subheads under that number.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Happel, Ralph; Holder, Preston; Julian, Ray
- Date of Issue
- 1942-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- APCO , NER
- Keywords
- 5 x 8 cards, archeology, Civil War, collaboration, demolition, McLean House, military, Myron Dunlap, project review, reconstruction, relocation, restoration procedure