Survey Report: Stabilization Measures – Hospital Ruins (Bldg. 13)
Sharp CC. 1963. Survey Report: Stabilization Measures – Hospital Ruins (Bldg. 13). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains before its abandonment in 1890. This “grand old post” witnessed the entire sweeping saga of America’s western expansion and Indian resistance to encroachment on their territories. This survey report concerns the stabilization efforts on the Hospital Ruins (building no. 13) at Fort Laramie. First constructed in 1874, the building no. 13 is the ruins of the third hospital constructed at Fort Laramie. Stabilization is intended to preserve the Hospital Ruins as an exhibit in place, correct hazardous conditions, contribute to the Fort's historic atmosphere, and remind the visitor that a military post was a self-sustaining unit of operation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Sharp, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1963-02-28
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOLA , IMR
- Keywords
- Cheyenne, fort, frontier, hospital, lime-concrete, military, ruins, salvage, Sioux, stabilization, Utah
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000334: Fort Hospital Ruin