Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Oil and Paint Storehouse (Bldg. 79)
Architectural Conservation Center. 1990. Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Oil and Paint Storehouse (Bldg. 79). 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 Oil and Paint Storehouse (Bldg. 79) at Fort Hancock, providing photographs, floor plans, statements of deficiency, and preservation recommendations. Building #79 is a rectangular structure with foundation, walls, and floors of reinforced concrete. A full length porch is at the western elevation. The Oil and Paint Storehouse was built in 1918.
- 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, military, oil, paint, reinforced concrete, storage, storehouse, World War I, World War II
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 008495: Fort Hancock-Oil & Paint Storehouse 79