Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Barracks and Mess (Bldg. 102)

Architectural Conservation Center. 1990. Historic Structure Assessment Report: Fort Hancock, Barracks and Mess (Bldg. 102). 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 Barracks and Mess (Bldg. 102) at Fort Hancock, providing photographs, floor plans, statements of deficiency, and preservation recommendations. By 1901, overcrowding at Fort Hancock made building a barracks a necessity. Building #102 originally had a 100 man capacity with five squad rooms, a mess hall, and two lavatories per floor. The interior changed with use. The building is a two-story brick structure with arches on the first and second floor.

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
barracks, fort, Fort Hancock, mess, mess hall, military, World War I, World War II
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 008506: Fort Hancock-Barracks 119

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