Stones River National Battlefield Historic Resource Study
Styles SM. 2004. Stones River National Battlefield Historic Resource Study. Historic Resource Study. Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service. Atlanta, GA
This study evaluates the historic integrity and assesses the eligibility of the park’s historic structures within three historic contexts, which correspond to historic themes identified by the National Park Service in its 1993 revised thematic framework. These three are as follows: 1. “Stones River and the Campaign for Middle Tennessee, 1861-1865” (Chapter 3) relates to the NPS themes “Shaping the Political Landscape” and “Expanding Science and Technology.” 2. “Stones River National Military Park: The Commemoration of American Battlefields and National Park Development, 1866-1950.” This context is associated with the NPS themes “Creating Social Institutions and Movements,” “Expressing Cultural Values,” “Transforming the Environment,” and “Shaping the Political Landscape.” 3. The Mission 66 initiative and corresponding registration requirements for structures to qualify as representations of Mission 66 architecture and design. Other cultural resources (archeological sites, ethnographic resources, cultural landscapes, and museum collections) are also addressed in the final chapter. This study fulfills the mandate in Section 110 (a)(2) of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended by establishing and documenting the historic contexts associated with Stones River National Battlefield and determining the extent to which the surviving historic resources represent those contexts. The completed HRS will serve as a tool for site planning, resource management, and the continued development of park interpretive programs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Styles, Sean
- Date of Issue
- 2004-02
- Publisher
- Southeast Regional Office, National Park Service
- Units
- STRI
- Keywords
- Battle of Stones River, Battlefield, Cemetery, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, Civil War, Fortress Rosecrans, McFadden’s Ford, Murfreesboro, Nashville, National Park Service, NPS, Old Fort Park, Rutherford County, Stones River, Stones River National Cemetery, STRI, Tennessee, Union victory