Visitor Center Historic Structure Report, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
Panamerican Consultants, Inc. 2390 Clinton Street Buffalo, New York 14227, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. 330 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062, WFT Architects, PA 770 North State Street Jackson, Mississippi 39202. 2019. Visitor Center Historic Structure Report, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia. National Park Service. Atlanta, GA
At the request of the National Park Service (NPS), Panamerican Consultants, Inc. and its subconsultants, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) and WFT Architects (WFTA) have developed this Historic Structure Report (HSR) for the Mission 66 Visitor Center at Fort Pulaski National Monument on Cockspur Island, near Savannah in Chatham County, Georgia. (The visitor center does not have a NPS Classified List of Structures number.) Figure 1 is a map of the state of Georgia showing the location of Fort Pulaski National Monument. Figure 2 is a map of Fort Pulaski National Monument showing the location of the Mission 66 Visitor Center. Figure 3 is an annotated aerial view showing the visitor center and its environs. Fort Pulaski is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the best preserved and most original of a system of eastern coastal forts designed by the French military engineer Simon Bernard while in the employment of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Fort Pulaski complex is significant in the areas of architecture, engineering, and military history. Specifically, Fort Pulaski is noteworthy for the fact that its construction, designed to resist cannon fire, rapidly failed when under attack by rifled artillery—an event that signaled the beginning of a new approach to fortification architecture and construction.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Panamerican Consultants, Inc. 2390 Clinton Street Buffalo, New York 14227; Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. 330 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062; WFT Architects, PA 770 North State Street Jackson, Mississippi 39202
- Date of Issue
- 2019-07
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- FOPU
- Keywords
- Fort Pulaski National Monument, Historic Structure Report, Mission 66, Visitor Center