Unit& States Department of the Interim National Park Service National Register of Histork Places Registration Form 1. Name of Property historic name Calk Athletic Field other nameslsite number Calfee Park; Pulaskl Athletic Field; VDHR file no. 1254102 2. Location street & number Washington and Pierce avenues, S. E. NIA not for publication city or town Pulaski NIA vicinity state Virginia code VA county hlaski code 155 zip code 24301 3.v C-ficamn As the designated authority under the Nationd Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination - request for determination of eligibility meets the documemtion standards for registering propexties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the prmedd and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the propmy X meets does not meet the Nationd Register Criteria. I recommend that this pr- be considered significant nationally - statewide _X_ locally. ( - See coatinuation sheet for additional comments .) / In my opinion, the pfw meetsp does not meet the National Register criteria. ( -See continuation sheet for additional. comments.) Signature of commenting or other oficiallTitle Date 4. National. Park Service Certification I hereby certtfy that this property is: Signature of the Keepes Date of Action entered in the National Register. 7 -See continuation sheet. -detded eligible for the National Register. - Sm continuation sheet:. -detemhed not eligible for the National Register. -removed from the National Register. -other (explain) : . Calfee A- N-dm O~~~ershipof Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Ckt-~llbOlrtrqPh) la=kOqorbol) (lhcdkM~Wd-i~m) private 1L buildiog(s) Contributing Noncontributing public-local -district 3 2 buildings -public-State - site Q sites -public-Federal' - structure j 0 structures - object 0 Q objects 5 2 Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed ~'NI~~~~arx~d~~~~.)in the National Register or Use Historic Functions Cwrent Functions lBa-bil.ah) (Blarpihph.l.rtb) ~eg0rY Subcategory meg0rY Subcategory RECREATION & CULTURE sports facility RECREATION & CULTURE sports facility LANDSCAPE parking lot LANDSCAPE parking lot Architectural Classification Materials W-DP-) (BI-hp- Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals foundation Sandstone walls Sandstone roof Metal other Concrete Narrative Description (-a"~.dc.m-d*Iinrpnroir~.arPUio*) Applicable National Register Criteria Criteria Considerations w.r.*orIImmh~drad."uhtlhl (M.t'X'in.!J!kt-.d.~h.) 1*-~Ndo.lrlwi.w6.4.) Areas of Significance Period of Significance (F&--hmhmwd-) 1935-1950 N Significant Dates Significant Person Cultural Affiliation (cmp**3f-aid'd.t-) NJA N/A ArchitdBuildcr Nmtive Statement of Significance (~+tki~dIhc~qm~01~1.~-~*d) Bibliography (~ac~..;h,d&-~hplp..TtLihm~mm~I*8.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: -preliminary determi~tionof individual listing -State Historic Preservation Office (36 CFR 67) has been requested -Other State agency -previously listed in the Natid Register - Federal agency -previously determined eligible by the National X Local government Register - University -designated a National Historic Landmark - Other -recorded by Historic American Buildings Swey Name of repository: # -recorded by Historic American Engineering Record dl pulaski. Va. CmWdYr 10. GemData Acreage of Property approximately fi acres UTM References (Pk,&itid UP4 rdprou. u .d& -1 Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing 1 17 519830 4099200 3 17 520020 4098960 2 17 520070 4099180 4 17 519820 4098960 - kcodsudPM. Verbal Boundary Description (~,htkbhh*dlb.pFtyu.cdm.biba.) Boundary Justification (Eqhb.+tkbhh.a..)amtu.d&~.! name/title organization date 7. 200Q street & number 6lbm&m& telephone 040) 464-53 19 city or town Lexington state YB zip code 245!2 Additional Documentation Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (~.i!hdlb.~~FPO~~.)~~b) name J. David street & number te660ephooe 040) 9!?4-8696 city or town .EdiTSki state YB zipcode 2L%!l United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Calfee Athletic Field Section number 1Page 1 Pulaski Co., Va. NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION Summary Calfee Athletic Field occupies a natural amphitheater on the northern flanks of Draper Mountain overlooking the Town of Pulaski in Pulaski County, Virginia. The ball park is bounded on its north side by Fifth Sneet SE, on its east side by Pierce Avenue, on its west side by Floyd Avenue, and on its south side by noncontributing modem seating and service buildings and a large parking lot. The level surface of the field was created with fdl in the 1930s and lies over a buried stream, a tributary of Peak Creek and the New River, which is channeled through a stone-lined tunnel. Lining the residential streets that border the field are one-story houses of frame and brick construction dating primarily to the tirst half of the twentieth century. An arm of the state and nationally designated Pulaski South Residential and Industrial Historic District extends to within one residential lot of the field's northeast comer along Pierce Avenue. The nominated part of the ball park occupies approximately fifteen acres. The park is popularly known as Calfee Park, and it was originally known as the Pulaski Athletic Field until it was dedicated in October 1935. Construction of the park began in 1935 with Works Progress Administration funding. The field itself is now maintained as a baseball diamond but historically it was used for football games, horse shows, and other events as well. The oldest buildings are a stone-fronted entranceway of medieval character and a grandstand with concrete seating and a steel canopy, both buildings designed by local engineer Edgar H. Milkom. Other contributing resources include a poured concrete and cinder-block dugout and a concrete- and cinder-block concession stand. Noncontributing resources include a field house and maintenance building and restrooms beyond center field. The field is illuminated by modem light towers and it is enclosed inside a ca. 1950 fence of corrugated metal panels supported by wooden poles and dimensional lumber uprights, both metal and wood painted green. A tall concrete retaining wall constructed in the 1980s holds up the hillside at right field. The nomination boundaries include a parking lot on the north side of the entranceway that is likely a recent upgrade of an original 1930s parking area. Modern baseball- related buildings and seating stand just outside the nomination boundaries to the south. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Calfee Athletic Field Section number 1Page Pulaslri Co.. Va. Description (continued) Inventory 1. Ball field. 1935. Contributing site. 2. Entranceway. 1935; ca. 1950. Contributing building. 3. Grandstand. 1936. Contributing structure. 4. Dugout. Ca. 1940; ca. 1975. Contributing building. 5. Concession Stand. Ca. 1950. Contributing building. 6. Field House and Maintemnce Building. 1947 and later. Noncontributing building. 7. Restrooms. Ca. 1980. Noncontributing building. Individual Resource Descriptions 1. Ball field. 1935. Contributing site. Baseball diamond of dirt and turf with home base located at the southwest corner. During the period of signiticance the ball field was recontigured several times a year to accommodate a variety of sporting events and entertainments. Its more exclusive use for baseball dates to the 1970s. 2. Entranceway. 1935; ca. 1950. Contributing building. One-story building measuring fifty-one by eighteen feet of randomly coursed sandstone construction with a comgated-metal-sheathed shed roof. The three-part form of the building consists of an archway smen in a center indentation flanked by two ticket offices. The roof is hidden behind a parapet with castellation formed by a jagged row of sandstow blocks that are lighter in color than the stonework of the walls. The center screen has two archways linked by a cast-stone band bearing the date "1935" below another cast-stone band inscribed "Pulaski Athletic Field" between Tudor rose ornaments. The arches have iroa strapwork gates that evoke medieval pWses.Similar grilles cover arched ticket office windows. Other features include stone piers at the he of the building and a stone buttress-like element at the midpoint of the center screen; a ca. 1950 addition of cinder-block construction formerly used as an umpire's room, with blocks forming a castellated effect along the top of the parapet; and contemporaneous cinder-block infilling of the rear elevations of the two enclosed elements (replac'mg orighd wooden infill) with steel doors. Near the building are sandstone retaining walls and a gutter that likely date to 1935. United States Department of the Lnterior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Calfee Athletic Field Section number L Page 3 Pulaski Co., Va. Description (continued) 3. Grandstand. 1936. Contributing structure. Canopied grandstand measuring 210 by thu-ty-one feet built into the hillside on the west side of the field. It features a poured concrete seat bank divided by four