Historic Structure Report: Western Grounds – Old Parade Ground (FM-324) and MacArthur Avenue (FM-323), Fort Mason
Christopher RP and Thompson EN. 1980. Historic Structure Report: Western Grounds – Old Parade Ground (FM-324) and MacArthur Avenue (FM-323), Fort Mason. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
This Historic Structures Report concerns the Western Grounds area of Fort Mason at Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Two historic structures, MacArthur Avenue (FM-324) and Parade Grounds (FM-323), are the focus of the report. MacArthur Avenue is to be preserved in part and restored in part from the entrance to Fort Mason at Van Ness Avenue and Bay Street, running in westerly direction to point just beyond Structure No 201, the headquarters building of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation U.S Army. The western portion of this section of the street from its intersection with Franklin Street onward has been greatly modified from its original condition by widening and by the construction of parking areas. This portion will be reduced to its original width. The surface of the street will be asphalt as it was constructed in 1915. The Parade Ground will be restored to its appearance as of the latter part of the nineteenth century circa 1890. At that time it was standard parade ground consisting of rectangular grassy area surrounded by narrow macadam road on all four sides. The project will require the removal of foundation ruins on the parade ground remaining from an Embarkation Casual Center constructed thereon in 1929 and enlarged in 1939. It will also require the removal of concrete curbing that was constructed around the parade ground ca. 1917, and the removal of or covering over asphalt that was placed on the roads around the parade at the same time. The road surface will be restored to its original macadam.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Christopher, R; Thompson, Erwin
- Date of Issue
- 1980-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GOGA , PWR
- Keywords
- barracks, Civil War, fort, Fort Mason, military, parade ground, quarters
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 021344: Fort Mason MacArthur Avenue , CRIS-HS: 005935: Fort Mason Parade Ground
Series
See also
- Historic Structure Report, Historical and Architectural Data: Civil War Barracks (FM-240), Fort Mason
- Historic Structure Report, Historical and Architectural Data: San Francisco Port of Embarkation Headquarters (FM-201), Fort Mason
- Historic Structure Report: Fort Mason Officers Club
- Historic Structure Report: San Francisco Port of Embarkation, Fort Mason