Historic Structure Report, Castolon Army Compound, Big Bend National Park
Sheire J and Simmonds RV. 1973. Historic Structure Report, Castolon Army Compound, Big Bend National Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center Historic Preservation Team. Denver, Colorado
This Historic Structures Report (HSR), Part I for the Castolon Army Compound includes administrative, historical, and architectural data. The Castolon area of Big Bend National Park, on the Rio Grande River in Texas, was referred to by the U.S. Army for the Mexican Border Project as Camp Santa Helena. The Camp was designed by the Construction Division of the War Department in the spring of 1919 and contained approximately fourteen structures. The concept was reduced to seven structures in September 1919, six of which survived at the time of this report. The purpose of this report was preservation of the remaining structures. The Castolon structures were used primarily from 1921 to 1961 by a border farmer, rancher, and entrepreneur named Wayne Cartledge. The structures derive their primary historical significance from his efforts to establish successful forms of agricultural and business activities in the Big Bend environment. The level of treatment shall be primarily preservation, but shall also include adaptive restoration. The treatment recommendations can be accomplished within the framework established by the Historic Resource Management Plan, which states that the interpretive function of the area is to focus on "farming, trade center and day-to-day border exchange, border troubles, and primary examples of border architecture."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sheire, James; Simmonds, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1973-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center Historic Preservation Team
- Units
- BIBE , IMR
- Keywords
- agriculture, Alvino House, army complex, Army Recreation Building, barracks, border, Camp Santa Helena, Cipriano Hernandez, Clyde Buttrill, commerce, Corral, farming, Granary, James Sublett, Latrine, Mess Hall, Mexico, military, Officer's Quarters, quicksilver, ranching, Rio Grande River, Stable, trading post, War Deparment, Wayne Cartledge
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 012050: Castolon Army Compound Granary , CRIS-HS: 012056: Castolon Army Compound Latrine , CRIS-HS: 012117: Castolon Army Compound Mess Hall and Barracks , CRIS-HS: 012054: Castolon Army Compound Noncommiss'ned Offcr's Qtrs , CRIS-HS: 012055: Castolon Army Compound Officer's Quarters , CRIS-HS: 000072: Castolon Army Compound Recreation Hall