Cape Lookout National Seashore

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Cape Lookout National Seashore Cape Lookout
Village Historic Structures Reuse Implementation
Plan/EA
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Cape Lookout Village National Historic District
Location
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Mission of Cape Lookout To conserve and
preserve for the future the outstanding natural
resources of a dynamic coastal barrier island
system To protect and interpret the significant
cultural resources of past and contemporary
maritime history To provide for sustainable use
of recreation resources and opportunities
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• Cape Lookout Village Background

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• Project Background
• 1966 Cape Lookout National Seashore established.
• 1970s Land acquired for Park, original owners
  given use occupancy
  agreements
• 2000 Agreements begin to expire.
• 2000 Cape Lookout Village Historic District
  placed on the National Register of Historic
  Places.
• 2002 Court order issued requiring a public
  planning process to determine the future use
  of Village structures.

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• Considerations
• The structures are in poor condition, do not
  comply with health and safety codes and will
  require a substantial commitment of resources to
  either stabilize or adaptively reuse.
• Public comment has demonstrated support for
  concession operation of the historic structures
  to allow for the widest range of public
  opportunity to experience the village.
• Concessions feasibility study demonstrated
  viability of concessions operation.

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BEFORE
Guthrie-Olgilvie House

• Lewis-Davis House

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• Phasing Opportunities
• Stabilization
• Utility infrastructure
• Rehabilitation for NPS use
• Rehabilitation for concessionaire use
• Increased number of not-for-profit users

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tennessee/Nort
h Carolina
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What was Elkmont?
Elkmont, Tennessee was originally a company
logging town constructed during the logging boom
of the early 1900s.
EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tennessee/No
rth Carolina
Recreational Use Expands 1910
EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA
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Overview
Elkmont Expands
Wonderland Club formed 1915
Appalachian Club formed 1910
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Park Established 1926-1934
Those owning cabins were offered life estates.
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Overview
Elkmont Historic District

• The 1982 park plan called for the removal of all
  structures located in the Elkmont area of the
  Park and the area returned to a natural state.

Wonderland Club

• Draft Plan
• Preferred Alternative
• Retains Appalachian Clubhouse/Daisy Town
• Achieves a balance between Cultural Natural
  Resources

Millionaires Row
Society Hill
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The Rehabilitation and Long-term Preservation
of Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground
National Historic Landmark
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The Vision for Fort Hancock
General Management Plan 1979 GMP Amendment,
1990
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The Adaptive Use Plan for Fort Hancock

• Uses of buildings are narrowly prescribed as
  education, conference, office and hospitality.
• Includes only existing landmark buildings.
• Allows no new construction.
• Sandy Hook Partners commercial enterprise,
  committed to 75 million direct investment
• American Littoral Society scientific
  research/education

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The Vision for Fort Hancock is Preservation
through Rehabilitation and Adaptive Use

• Surviving character defining features
• will be repaired and preserved
• Missing historic features may be
• replaced when documentation exists
• Features that do not contribute to
• significance could be removed
• New features necessary for safety and
• to support adaptive use could be added

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Character Defining Features
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McGraw Ranch Rocky Mountain National Park
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• Cattle Ranch until 1966
• Dude Ranch from 1936 to 1988
• NPS acquired the property in 1988
• Intent was to rehabilitate the landscape as Elk
  habitat.

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• Until 1988 the park was designated a natural
  park.
• Of the nearly 1200 historic structures in the
  park nearly 600 had been removed.
• 1990 both the SHPO and the Keeper of the National
  Register determined that McGraw Ranch was
  eligible for the National Register
• The park disagreed.
• The National Trust other stakeholders
  intervened and forced a reconsideration of the
  decision to remove the structures.

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• The park has restored the exterior of the
  buildings to the period between (approximately)
  1935 and 1955.
• The park has rehabilitated the interior of the
  buildings for use as a research facility.

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• Price Tag 2.1 million for 12 buildings
• 1.8 million for utility infrastucture
• Sources of money
• National Trust
• Park and Friends Group

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