Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, PX (Bldg. 70)
Center for Architectural Conservation. 1989. Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, PX (Bldg. 70). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
Fort Hancock is part of the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area. On the entire peninsula of Sandy Hook, there are approximately 300 structures reflecting Light House Board, Lifesaving Service, and United States Army activity from 1764 through the 1970s. These structures are of varying levels of historic and architectural significance. This Historic Structure Assessment Report surveys the PX (Bldg. 70) at Fort Hancock, providing photographs, floor plans, statements of deficiency, and preservation recommendations. Building #70 is one of an ensemble of buildings constructed to accommodate soldiers assigned to the Sandy Hook defenses from the 1890s through World War II. The one-story buff brick building with a raised basement, hipped roof, and wood porch was designed as a gymnasium and bowling alley, built 1908-09.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Center for Architectural Conservation
- Date of Issue
- 1989
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GATE , NER
- Keywords
- bowling alley, fort, Fort Hancock, gymnasium, military, recreation, World War I, World War II
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 008487: Fort Hancock-Post Exchange 70