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HABS/HAER ANNUAL REPORT
1992
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
CULTURAL RESOURCES
HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY/
HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD
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Architecture, engineering and industry have made important contributions to America's development. The Historic
American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American EngineeringRecord (HAER) reflect the Federal Government's
commitment to document, understand and, in some cases, preserve architectural, engineering and industrial sites that are
important to our nation's past. These programs conduct projects to document outstanding examples of this country's
architectural,engineeringandindustrialheritage. Projectteamsproducemeasureddrawings,writtenhistoricalreports,andlarge
format photographs, which are made available to the general public through the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of
Congress,Washington, D.C. 20540. UsersoftheHABSandHAERcollectionsmaycontactthereferencedeskat202-707-6394.
This report is a statement ofthe Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
(HABS/HAER) Division ofthe National Park Service for the fiscal year ending September30, 1992. It does not reflect the
accomplishments of the other members ofthe HABS and HAER tripartite agreements: the Library of Congress (Prints and
Photographs Division), the American Institute ofArchitects, and the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Director Roger G. Kennedy
Deputy Director John R. Reynolds
Associate Director for Cultural Resources Jerry L. Rogers
Deputy Associate Director for Cultural Resources Rowland T. Bowers
Chief, HABS/HAER Division Robert J. Kapsch, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief, HABS/HAER Division John A. Burns, AIA
Chief, HABS Paul D. Dolinsky
Chief, HAER Eric N. DeLony
Senior Historian, HABS Alison K. Hoagland
U.S. Department ofthe Interior
National Park Service
Cultural Resources
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This report is a compilation of articles written by the HABS/HAER staff, and detailed
recommendations by Robert J. Kapsch, ChiefofHABS/HAER.
COVER: Top, left: Photograph, north entry door. White House. Photographer: Jack E. Boucher, 1989
Top, right: Detaildrawingofnorthentrydoor, White House. Delineators: Richard A. Vcntronc, Ronald M. Bailey,
Scot C. McBroom, Paul G. Homeyer, and Douglas S. Anderson, 1989-92
Bottom, left: Portal view ofZoarville Station Bridge, Zoarville vicinity, TuscarawasCounty, Ohio. Photographer:
Joseph Elliott, 1992
Bottom, right: Portal elevation drawing ofZoarville Station Bridge. Delineator: ChristopherJ. Payne, 1992
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Robert J. Kapsch, Ph.D.
The HABS/HAER annual report is intended to provide HABS/HAER's constituency with information
pertaining to its effectiveness. Buthow does one assess theeffectiveness ofapublic organization (ora private
one, for that matter)? Since we are surrounded by public and private organizations, it seems to be a very
important question in American life. With Federal budget cuts expected, it becomes an urgent question.
In undertaking my master's degree in the management of research (at George Washington University), this
was one ofthe pervasive questions in graduate seminars. Research organizations, after all, are even more
impenetrable than most public and private organizations. And since HABS/HAER is an historical-research
organization, many ofthe answers developed in these graduate seminars are applicable to HABS/HAER.
The question of how one assesses the effectiveness of a public or private organization is answered by the
following questions, which I believe are applicable to HABS/HAER and a whole host ofpublic and private
bureaucracies.
1. Where does the money come from? Since World War II, there has been a movement in the
administration ofthis nation's research and development laboratories to replace direct congressional
appropriations with yearly funds originating from research "users"—i.e., program managers who
utilize the results of that research for societal needs. The idea is that research laboratories must
submit research proposals to program managers in a competitive environment to receive their yearly
funding. Failure to have proposals funded results in automatic cutbacks. Thus, this nation's research
is effectively tied to real societal needs. In comparison, yearly congressional appropriations provide
base funding that are hardly ever reduced and are rarely tied to organizational performance. In this
context, HABS/HAER receives two-thirds of its yearly $3 million budget from public and private
program managers. For the last twelve years this amount has grown annually. HABS/HAER is
effective in this respect, otherwise the public and private program managers listed in this annual
reportwouldturnto othersources to meet theirpreservation needs, and HABS/HAER's budgetwould
decline. In contrast, FY 1992 has been, financially speaking, the largest year in HABS/HAER
history.
2. What does the organization produce? That external organizations are willing to pay for
HABS/HAER research is encouraging but it is not conclusive in judging effectiveness. Dollars
received, after all, is an input measure; the outputofany organization must still beassessed. Interms
of HABS/HAER, the most usual output measure is that of transmittals—the number of drawings,
photographs and histories that are transmitted to the permanent collection. In the last twelve years
HABS/HAER has doubled the size of its collections at the Library of Congress — and is well on its
way to tripling what existed in 1980. HABS/HAER transmittal statistics continue at very high levels,
usually at twenty or more times the level typically experienced during the 1970s. In FY 1992, this
meant 573 sheets of measured drawings, 6,417 large format photographs, and 4,971 data pages.
Another measure is the annual production ofthe organization's publications. HABS/HAER currently
has twenty-four publications under development (the largest number produced to date, by far). In
terms ofquantity, HABS/HAER is an extremely productive government organization.
3. What is the quality of the organization's production? Production numbers, however impressive,
do not indicate organizational effectiveness. Research organizations need to havetheirwork evaluated
in terms of quality — and HABS/HAER is no different. One method is to assess the number of
publications published by university presses and the professional press. Government publications do
not provide a good indication ofquality, as the Government Printing Office will print whatever it is
paid to print. University presses, on the other hand, submit proposed manuscripts to peer and
critical review by a publishing committee. The lack of funds requires that only the very finest of
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manuscripts be published one acquisitions editor for a press that is currently publishing a
HABS/HAER manuscript told me that she rejects 400 book proposals for every one that she accepts!
Inthis respect, HABS/HAER has forthcoming bookswith the Smithsonian Institution Press, theJohns
Hopkins University Press, the American Society of Civil Engineers and others. The standard work
on HABS/HAER recording is published by American Institute of Architects Press. In addition,
HABS/HAER staff are routinely published by the professional journals dealing with historic
architecture, engineering and industry. HABS/HAER needs to do more in this area, but much is
already being accomplished. Reviews ofthese publications have been excellent.
4. How good is the research staff? Research organizations such as HABS/HAER are labor-intensive
enterprises—as much of90 percent ofthe annual budget goes to people. Further, this labor intensity
is a very special kind—research is a mentally intense activity. This annual report is a compilation of
the many, many contributions made by HABS/HAER staffto their respective fields, their awards and
honors.
Judging the effectiveness ofthis nation's public and private organizations is a priority for a country whose
people are concerned about American competitiveness and long-term economic health. The HABS/HAER
Division receives less direct appropriations than virtually any organization within the National Park Service
and, perhaps, the Department ofthe Interior. Yet, the quantity and quality ofthe historical research produced
continues at exceptionally high levels. The division's effectiveness can be assessed by reviewing this annual
report to answer the above four questions. We invite you to peruse the pages ofthis annual report for those
ends.
HABS/HAER Finalizes Senior Management Positions
In 1992, HABS/HAER finalized all senior management positions for the division. Development ofthe new senior
management team began with the formalization of Eric DeLony's position as chief of HAER. Next came the
appointmentand promotionofJohn Burns, long-termHABS architect, as HABS/HAERdeputy chief. Finallycame
theappointmentandpromotionofPaul Dolinskyas chiefofHABS, and KimHoaglandas HABS seniorarchitectural
historian. This management team will stand HABS/HAER in good stead throughout the 1990s.
Robert J. Kapsch, Ph.D., HABS/HAER Chief. Thirteen years as
division chief and twenty-eight years of Federal service, where he
served inanumberofmanagerial positionswitha variety ofFederal
agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's Center for Building Technology, departments of
Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Air Force, and the
Central Intelligence Agency. Trained as an engineer, he has
master's degrees from George Washington University in
management and historic preservation. Kapsch recently completed
the firstdraft ofhisdissertation, "Labor History ofthe Construction
and Reconstruction of the White House, 1793-1817," from the
UniversityofMaryland's American Studies Program. Award ofhis
second doctorate is expected in 1993. Kapsch was awarded his first
Ph.D. in engineering and architecture from Catholic University in
1983. He was an American Political Science Association
Congressional Fellow. He is a long-time member of many
organizations including the American Society of Civil Engineers, a
liaison member of the AIA Committee on Historic Resources, the
Society of Architectural Historians, the Society for Industrial
Archeology, the National Railway Historical Society and others.
John A. Burns, AIA, HABS/HAER Deputy Chief. A graduate from
the Pennsylvania State University with both a bachelor of
architecture degree and a bachelor ofarts degree in Art History, he
has twenty years of Federal service, starting as an architect with
HABS and rising to become principal architect of HABS before
becoming deputy chief of the division in 1990. He was editor-in-
chief for Recording Historic Structures and authored the pages on
HABSdocumentation inArchitectural Graphic Standards Recently,
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he has specialized in computer applications in architecture and
photogrammetry, successfully implementing the HABS/HAER
CAD/photogrammetry laboratory. He is an active member of the
American Institute of Architects, the Society of Architectural
Historians, the Society for Industrial Archeology, and the
Association for Preservation Technology. He has taught
preservation courses at MarymountUniversityand at MountVernon
College.
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Eric N. DeLony, HAER Chief. A twenty-one-year veteran of
HAER (and HAER's first professional employee), he first became
interested in industrial archeology as a Fulbright Scholar at the
Center for the Study oftheHistory ofTechnology, Bath University,
and Ironbridge. Well known for his interest in historic bridges, his
first book on that subject will be published in spring 1993, by the
American Society of Civil Engineers. A graduate of Ohio State
University in architecture, DeLony is a product of Columbia
University's historic preservation program. He is a long-time and
active member ofthe Society for Industrial Archeology. DeLony is
trustee and vice chairman of the James Marston Fitch Charitable
Trust, a program established by the originator and first director of
Columbia University's program in historic preservation, and Beyer
Blinder Belle, architects. Recently, he was appointed to the Board
of Architectural Review, Old and Historic District, Alexandria,
Virginia.
Paul D. Dolinsky, HABS Chief. A fourteen-year employee of
HABS, he has directed hundreds of HABS projects at some of the
nation's most prestigious sites—the White House, Monticello,
historic Charleston, and numerous others. He also provided the
leadership for the very successful HABS initiative in landscape
architecture. A graduate of Perm State University in architecture
and landscape architecture, he has led the way in implementing the
CAD-photogrammetry approach to measured drawings, currently
being used to document Washington, D.C.'s Lincoln and Jefferson
memorials. He is an active member of the American Society of
Landscape Architects and a liaison member of the AIA Committee
on Historic Resources.
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