Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Mess Hall (Bldg. 57)

Architectural Conservation Center. 1990. Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Mess Hall (Bldg. 57). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Douglasville, 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 Mess Hall (Bldg. 57) at Fort Hancock, providing photographs, floor plans, statements of deficiency, and preservation recommendations. Building #57 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 building was designed as a Mess Hall. It is one of four identical 1-1/2 story buff brick buildings (Bldg. 55-58) built in 1905 to house the mess functions of the neighboring barracks.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Architectural Conservation Center
Date of Issue
1990
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
GATE , NER
Keywords
fort, Fort Hancock, mess, mess hall, military, World War I, World War II
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 008478: Fort Hancock-Mess Hall 57

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