Fee Memorial Church Historic Structure Report, Camp Nelson National Monument
WLA Studio and RATIO Architects. 2022. Fee Memorial Church Historic Structure Report, Camp Nelson National Monument. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
The purpose of this Historic Structure Report (HSR) is to document the history, context, and current condition of the John Fee Memorial Presbyterian Church/ Westminster Presbyterian Church of Camp Nelson (Fee Memorial Church) at Camp Nelson National Monument (CANE) and to provide recommendations for the treatment and use of this structure. The park’s foundation document, dated April 2020, identifies the building’s deteriorated and unused condition as threats to its long-term preservation and identified the need for an HSR to guide the National Park Service (NPS) in the stewardship of this historic resource. The report includes two parts: Developmental History and Treatment and Use. The Fee Memorial Church is a significant resource associated with the post-Civil War experiences of African Americans in Kentucky. The church and adjacent manse (then extant) were classified as noncontributing resources within the Camp Nelson Civil War District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The district’s period of significance of June 1863 to June 1866 excluded all later resources, including those associated with the post-1866 experiences of Black Kentuckians who settled in the village of Ariel/Hall. This period of significance was followed for the Camp Nelson Historic and Archaeological District, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2013. As the community’s most intact historic building, oldest public building, and the last building associated with the school that operated here from 1868 to 1924, the church offers a unique connection to the experiences of Black Kentuckians after the Civil War.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- WLA Studio; RATIO Architects
- Date of Issue
- 2022-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CANE , SER
- Keywords
- African American, Arial, Camp Nelson, Camp Nelson Civil War District, campus, church, Civil War, Education, Ethnic Heritage: Black, Fee Memorial Church, Hall, Historic Structure Report, John Fee, Kentucky, manse, National Home for Colored Refugees, Reconstruction, Religion, school, U. S. Colored Troops, US Colored Troops, USCT