Historic Structure Report: Carson-Steel Barn, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
National Park Service Regional Office and STRATA Architecture, Inc.. 2025. Historic Structure Report: Carson-Steel Barn, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. National Park Service. Interior Regions 3, 4, and 5, Omaha, Nebraska
The Carson-Steel Barn is located at the 4100 Block of Sulphur Lick Road, Chillicothe, Ohio and situated within the Great Enclosure of the Hopewell Mound Group, one of six earthwork complexes that comprise the park. The barn was constructed circa 1831 for William Carson and enlarged to its current form for Johanna Steel circa 1868. It is architecturally significant for its heavy timber framing, which features characteristics of framing methods: scribe rule and square rule. The goal of the Carson-Steel Barn HSR project is to document its history and condition and a present conceptual level treatment plan. Due to the poor condition of the structure, salvage and removal was determined to be the preferred treatment. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park was established as a unit of the National Park Service on March 2, 1923 to preserve, interpret, and research the archeological record of a distinctive and influential American Indian culture known today as Hopewell, including earthworks, artifacts, other archeological resources, the cultural landscape, and ethnographic information. In 2023 the Hopewell Culture Ceremonial Earthworks was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service Regional Office; STRATA Architecture, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 2025-02-28
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HOCU , MWR
- Keywords
- agriculture, architecture, barn construction technique, scribe rule, square rule, timber framing
- License
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal