Wright Brothers National Memorial: Visitor Center--Historic Structure Report

232 Pages·2002·11.6 MB·English

by  National Park Service

National ParkService
U.S. DepartmentoftheInterior
WrightBrothers National Memorial
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Visitor Center
Historic Structure
Report
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Cultural Resources
Southeast Region
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WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL
VISITOR CENTER
HISTORIC STRUCTURE
REPORT
Cultural Resources, Southeast Region
National Park Service
2002
T,
he historic structure report presented here
exists in two formats. Atraditional, printedver-
sion is available forstudyatthe park,the South-
eastern Regional Office ofthe National Park
Service (NPS SERO),and atavarietyofother re-
positories. For morewidespread access, the his-
toricstructure reportalso exists in aweb- based
format through the SERO intranet,which in-
cludes links to individual files foravariety of
photographs, documents,plansand othermate-
Cultural Resources
Southeast Region rial used in compilation ofthe printed report.
National Park Service
100 Alabama St. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
[phone]
2002
Historic Structure Report
Wright Brothers
National Memorial VisitorCenter
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
LCS#: 91645
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Contents
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SERO
Contents
MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
Executive Summary
Administrative Data
PART DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY
I:
Historical Background
Context, Mission66andModernism,
Mitchell/Giurgola, Architects
Chronology of Development and Use 13
Designingthe VisitorsCenter, Buildingthe
VisitorsCenter, Dedicationofthe VisitorsCenter,
LaterModifications
Physical Description 31
Site, Exterior, Interior
Graphic Documentation 55
Construction Time Line 59
Sources of Information 63
PART TREATMENT AND USE
II:
Introduction 67
Requirements for Use 69
Requirements for Treatment 73
Ultimate Treatment and Use 75
Wright Brothers Visitor Center
HSR
Contents
APPENDICES
A Chapter 2 from Mission 66 Visitor Centers 81
by Sarah Allaback
B Historic Paint Finishes Study 101
C Interview with Ehrman Mitchell 139
D Feature Inventory 169
National Park Service
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SERO
Team
Project
Project Manager Danny Scheidt, Historical Architect
National Park Service
Southeast Regional Office
Atlanta, GA
Report Editor Tommy H. Jones, Architectural Historian
National Park Service
Southeast Regional Office
Atlanta, GA
Document Layout/ Jon Buono, Historical Architect
IntranetAccess National Park Service
Southeast Regional Office
GA
Atlanta,
Program Reviews Bob Blythe, History
Allen Bohnert, Curatorial & Museum
Services
Lucy Lawliss, Historical Landscape
Architecture
Danny Scheidt, Historical Architecture
Jon Buono, Historical Architecture
National Park Service
Southeast Regional Office
Atlanta, GA
Condition Assessment Jack H. Pyburn, A. A.
I.
Hartrampf Engineers, Surveyors,
Architects
Atlanta, GA
FinishesAnalysis John A. Scott, Architectural Conservator
National Park Service
Northeast Cultural Resource Center
Building Conservation Branch
MA
Lowell,
Wright Brothers Visitor Center
HSR
Contents
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SERO