DRAFT CONCEPT DESIGN — FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, VA
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
PHASE III: DRAFT CONCEPT FINALDESIGN DESIGN ©
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT PURPOSE AND NEXT STEPS FORT WARD: A BROADER STORY
Introduction 1 This Draft Concept Design presents the selected This design presents a unified story about Fort Ward, Overview 2 elements from the alternatives presented to before, during, and after the Civil War. We commend Museum Enhancements 3 stakeholders on January 18, 2018. This represents the project team and stakeholders for working Orientation Stations 4 the penultimate step under this contract in the design together to develop a theme statement, “Bastions Recreated Home Frame 5 of new interpretive products at Fort Ward Museum & of Freedom,” that roots visitors in an overarching Community Gateway 7 Historic Site in Alexandria, Virginia. narrative. Commemoration Space 9 Updated Waysides 13 This package includes the elements outlined in This passage from prior directives is worth retaining, Site Markers 18 the Scope of Work and previously discussed, which as we think the ongoing planning makes good on the Media Notes: Mobile Web 20 together will create a new visitor experience at Fort goals from the 2015 Management Plan: Ward. Please note that a companion Draft Interpretive Typical Structures Details 21 “... the importance of the ongoing efforts Plan contains more content, including materials Media Notes: Brochure 22 to preserve the Civil War fortification, as documenting prior stakeholder review/comment and Media Notes: Educational Programs 24 described in the FWAG chapter report on Civil historical matter underpinning the designs presented Catalogue of Existing Waysides 25 War Resources, can be further amplified and in this package. emphasized by linking that piece of the story Our goal with this presentation is to provide sufficient to the broader story of its aftermath. With the visualization of three-dimensional elements and limitations of space and staffing identified graphics standards that the City and stakeholders in the FWAG Draft Chapter on “Cultural will be able to provide final direction sufficient for the Resources—The Museum, its Collections design team to complete the final conceptual design and Programs”—the idea of extending the deliverables under this contract. interpretation outdoors and using the park’s historic landscapes and remaining historic At the same time, we recognize that the interpretive features to help tell the complete story programs, including the brochure and educational must be a critical component of any future component—which the City approved as a facilitated interpretive and educational efforts.” dialogue informed bu interviews with community members—will require interim discussion. Specifically, – Management Plan, January 2015 the latter interviews have not yet been, to our knowledge, scheduled.
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Introduction © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 1 OVERVIEW INTERPRETIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS Sitewide
A variety of design elements are arrayed around the site, including a new exhibit and film inside the Museum. Note also that a digital element, a brochure, and an educational program will also be part of the new interpretive scheme.
1 Museum Enhancements Updated site-wide, story-wide film and new African-American exhibit.
2 Orientation Station Multi-surface including site orientation, map, and interpretive introduction. Scale tactile model of the site.
3 Orientation Station Duplicate Propose to duplicate the exhibit located at #2. Depending on budget, may be able to include additional tactiles as a nod to the younger audience at the playground. Reconstructed Area
4 Recreated Home Frame Metal “ghost” frame of original home to give a glimpse of “The Fort” community that once existed here. Proposed at the school/church/residence site. 3
Civil War Fort 5 Community Gateway Oakland Baptist Structure marking an entrance to the African American Community Trail, bookending Cemetery the military fort gate with a community signpost. 6 2 6 Commemoration Space Clara Adams Museum Contemplative space with seating and light interpretation to encourage visitors to Burial Site reflect on the site’s history. Schoolhouse/ 4 1 Church Site 7 NOT SHOWN: Existing and New Wayside Panels (see page 12) Existing interpretive panels on site (“The Fort” community, quantity 6), updated panels (Fort Ward, quantity 9), and new waysides (“The Fort” community, quantity 5). 5
8 NOT SHOWN: Site Markers (see page 13) Low-profile markers indicate key historic features that are no longer visible without impeding the historic atmosphere of the site. Works in tandem with brochure and AV.
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Fort WardDesign Museum Elements on &Site Historic (excludes waysides) Site © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 Fort Ward 2 Paved Surfaces 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology Digital Historic Atlas Fort Ward Fort Ward ± Paved Surfaces Paved Surfaces 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology Digital Historic Atlas Digital Historic Atlas ± ± MUSEUM ENHANCEMENTS: FILM & EXHIBIT FLOOR PLAN KEY Element 1 AV
Updates within the Museum building ensure that this visitor experience reflects the holistic story and experience of Fort Ward, Flexible exhibit grid system with interpretive panels, image Park Film revealing its role in defending the nation and building a community. panels, vitrines, and tactiles African American Exhibit Space Park Film An updated park film ties site-wide themes and stories into one cohesive storyline. This serves as an overall introduction to the Framework captures story and the site, launching visitors into a fuller understanding grid system and appreciation of the meaning and relevance of the grounds. = Updated Exhibit Space
System may African American Exhibits connect with Planning will assess current areas in the museum and identify vertical rods opportunities and challenges to adding a dedicated small exhibit Wall vitrine case on the African American community at Fort Ward and “The Fort.”
In our current budget allocations, we envision an approximately Tactile objects 10’ x 10’ (100 sq. ft.) area for exhibits on the postwar community.
African American Exhibit
Existing Fort Ward Exhibits Park Film
AV
African American Exhibit
Pedestal case with clad siding
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Museum Enhancements: Film and African American Exhibit © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 3 ORIENTATION STATIONS Elements 2 & 3
These stations provides a robust Orientation and includes Add-on: top orientation panel with a die- a tactile site map to initiate the visitor experience at Fort cut topper blending silhouetted icons that reflect the Fort and Community story Ward Museum and Historic Site. Located at the parking lot behind the Museum (we propose replacing the existing kiosk, integrating key information into this new Curved graphic element with icons top all graphics giving a nod to the Alexandria’s component) and near the new playground location, these new branded wayfinding system duplicate exhibits aim to provide basic site orientation and overview interpretation for all visitors, whether or not they enter the Museum.
Introduce Design Vocabulary The design concept reflects without exactly mimicking the recent City standards shared with the team. The distinctive flowing bar at the upper edge of the upright also introduces the look of the new wayside designs. Angled reader rail surface with tactile site map (etched zinc) Exterior Tactile Orientation Map This tactile map lays out the site and its many resources—seen and no longer visible—from the years 1860 to 1965. It allows visitors to orient themselves to the site in a manner unique from the Site Tour Brochure, as well as providing an accessible portal to the site and story to visitors who are blind or who have limited vision.
Interpretive Introduction Approximate location on site. The expanded Orientation Kiosk provides a overview interpretive introduction to the site. The current design envisions integrating the future illustrated map—which includes trails and locations of key interpretive areas— along with images highlighting Fort Ward, “The Fort” community, and the Museum.
Incorporate Existing Regulations Signage Perhaps the rear of the Orientation panel element could include the current regulations information (see image). Tactile Model Example
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Orientation Stations © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 4 RECREATED HOME FRAME Element 4
A life-size wireframe outline of a home provides a stunning and powerful impression of “The Fort” community. We are modeling this frame after the school/church/residence, based off recommendations from the park. Note that structure drawn here is a best guess as needed to identify the actual outline of the home. The archaeological reports and oral histories that we have consulted describe interior layout, and— to our knowledge—there is one existing sketch of the school/church/residence building.
Moving forward, descendants, community members, and OHA’s archaeological team should be consulted to determine the appropriate location, and appropriate base materials that rest on the ground.
Reference sketch of Drawing of school/church/ school/church/residence residence based on image, building layout (OHA) archaeological data, and oral histories. Powder-Coated Steel Site marker
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Home Frame © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 5 505 1/2" RECREATED HOME FRAME 254 1/2" Element 4 505 5051/2" 1/2" 254 1/2" 254 1/2" 505 1/2" 505 1/2" 505 1/2" • Building was approximately 25 x 50, according to 254 1/2" 254 1/2" 254 1/2" the scale included in a historic sketch. • The building was originally a school, and was con- 505 1/2" verted to a church before becoming a residence for 254 1/2" Sgt. Lee Thomas Young and his family. • Porch along the front of the house and small 505 1/2" 31/32" extended room at the rear. 254 1/2" 80 31/32" 31/32" 80 80
Sources: 31/32" 31/32" 31/32" 80 80 Oral History, Sgt. Lee Thomas Young, Nov. 1996. 80
Oral History, Sgt. Lee Thomas Young, March 2009. 15/32" 291 31/32" 15/32" 15/32" 80 291 15/32" 291 15/32" Site 15/32" marker 291 291 291
Isometric - Framed House 31/32"
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Scale: 3/32" = 1'-0" 15/32" Isometric - Framed House 5 Isometric - Framed House 5Scale:Scale: 3/32" 3/32" = 1'-0" = 1'-0" 291 Isometric - Framed House 5 Isometric - FramedIsometric House - Framed House Scale:5 3/32"Scale: = 1'-0" 3/32"5 = Scale:1'-0" 3/32" = 1'-0" 15/32"
Plan - House Frame 291 Isometric - Framed House 1 5 Scale: 3/32" = 1'-0" Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" 220 7/8" PlanPlan - House - House Frame Frame 1 1 Site Scale:Scale: 1/8" marker=1/8" 1'-0" = 1'-0" 220 7/8" Plan - HousePlan Frame- HousePlan Frame - House Frame 220 7/8" 1 1 1 Isometric - Framed House Scale: 1/8" Scale:= 1'-0" 1/8" = 1'-0"Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" 5 Scale: 3/32" = 1'-0" 220 7/8"220 7/8" 220 7/8"
Plan - House Frame 1 Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" 240" 220 7/8" 240" 240"
240" Plan - House Frame 240" 240" 120" 1 Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0"
120" 220 7/8" 120" Site 120" 120" 120" marker 240" Site marker Side View - Framed House Elevation - Framed House 3 2 Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" Elevation - Framed House 120" SideSide View View - Framed - Framed House House Elevation - Framed240" House 2 3 3Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" 2Scale:Scale: 1/8" =1/8" 1'-0" = 1'-0" Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" ElevationElevation - Framed - HouseFramedElevation House - Framed House Side ViewSide - Framed View - Side HouseFramed View House - Framed House 2 3 Scale:3 1/8" = 1'-0" 3 Scale:2 1/8" Scale:= 1'-0" 1/8"2 = 1'-0"Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0"Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" PROJECT: PHASE: SCALE: DRAWINGS: 120" Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: DraftCLEAR Concept SPACE Design FOR ScaleINDESIGN = As Noted TITLE BLOCKHome Frame © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. Elevation - Framed House September 13, 2018 Side View - Framed House 6 2 3 Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0" CLEARCLEAR SPACE SPACE FOR FOR INDESIGN INDESIGN TITLE TITLE BLOCK BLOCK Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0"
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CLEAR SPACE FOR INDESIGN TITLE BLOCK COMMUNITY GATEWAY Element 5 (Alt. 1)
These entry markers demonstrate Fort Ward’s dedication to telling how “The Fort” community developed and thrived on the site beginning near the end of the Civil War. Drawing visitors down the new community pathway Plaque with dimensional (much as the recreated Gate does for the military fort), tile type tops pillar this feature provides an interpretive introduction to Dimensional tactile exploring the site’s post-Civil War heritage. site map tops pillar
The option shown at right envisions two pillars, each topped by interpretation of “The Fort.” This scheme posits a tactile site map on the right-hand pillar, and perhaps dimensional tiles with family names on the left- hand structure.
Short brick and stone pillar / angled edges compliment the Fort gate trim work
Bronze plaque honoring “The Fort”
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Community Gateway, Alternative 1 © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 7 COMMUNITY GATEWAY Element 5 (Alt. 2)
A second alternative we are proposing for Metal framework suggests part consideration modifies the pillars, adding a more of home facade / ‘plank’ lines vertical element on the left-hand structure. This Die-cut quote type capture die-cut quote letters component would mimic the siding of a typical and interpretive panel home in the community. Interpretive panel Note this approach also removes the tactile community model on the right.
Simple low-level pillars of stone and brick create gateway and provide base structure for sculptural element at left
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Community Gateway, Alternative 2 © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 8 COMMEMORATION SPACE Element 6 (Alt. 1)
Planning and consultation for Fort Ward in previous years has emphasized the importance of “commemoration” to the site. Fort At center of space, long plank- Ward offers a unique place in the like stones with inscribed quotes United States to remember the or names / embedded in ground sacrifice and struggle of soldiers and Low-level plantings can civilians alike during the Civil War— also help define the space and at the same time to consider the struggles, triumphs, and losses of African Americans who built a community in the shadow of this United States fort.
We show three alternatives for consideration, including a rendering for this first approach.
Simple, long bench forms for rest and reflection surround space and mimic ‘planks’ in length
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Commemoration Space, Alternative 1 © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 9 COMMEMORATION SPACE Element 6 (Alt. 1)
378"
36" 36"
108" 9" 378" 1/16" 252 36" 36"
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Plan - Commemoration Space 1 Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 3 4 FT 18" 1"
Elevation - Commemoration Space Isometric - Commemoration Space 2 Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 3 4 FT 3 Scale: Half Actual Size
PROJECT: PHASE: SCALE: DRAWINGS: Plan - Commemoration Space 1 Fort Ward Museum and HistoricScale: Site 1/4" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 3 4 FT Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = As Noted Rendering of Commemoration Space © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 10 18" 1"
Elevation - Commemoration Space 2 Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 3 4 FT COMMEMORATION SPACE Element 6 (Alt. 2)
Large triangular canopy (suggestive of military tents) provides shade / framework wrapped with heavy-duty fabric
Three posts of varying heights hold up canopy
Long, large pavers frame commemoration space Long, simple benches, placed to be shaded and partially shaded
Collage of long, plank-like stones with engraved quotes and/or names are embedded at center of space / negative space filled with brick
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Commemoration Space, Alternative 2 © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 11 COMMEMORATION SPACE Element 6 (Alt. 3)
At core of space, large ‘window’ frames Two views, toward Fort views toward community and fort / historic and toward community images or illustrations on panel near the lower right of the frame on each side for context (past and present)
Historic image panel
Plank/siding-like structure with engraved names or quotes forms base of framework
Simple bench forms on either side of the central sculpture
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Commemoration Space, Alternative 3 © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 12 WAYSIDES—NEW, UPDATED, AND EXISTING NOTE: Locations for new waysides (7.16-7.20) Element 7 are approximate and will be determined during Interpretive waysides are critical for interpreting the historic installation. site. Under this plan, existing waysides interpreting the military fortifications are updated to meet the new graphic standards 7.20 proposed for the site. Existing Community waysides remain, 7.9 and “The Fort” story is augmented by new structures.
7.1 Entrance Gate + Officer’s Quarters (*) 7.10 From Civil War to Civil Rights Text, site plan, elevations, and photograph. Overview Interpretation, timeline.
7.2 Southwest Bastion (*) 7.11 African Americans and the Civil War Text, site plan, and illustrations. Interpretive text and images. 7.8 7.7 7.3 Fort Ward (*) 7.12 The Oakland Baptist Church Text, plan, and map of defenses. Interpretive text and images. Reconstructed7.6 Area 7.5 7.4 Bombproof 7.13 Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery Text, site plan, raised line, and illustrations. Interpretive text and images.
7.5 Powder Magazine 7.14 Within Its Walls Text, site plan, and raised line sketch. Interpretive text and images. 7.15 Civil War Fort 7.4 7.12 Oakland Baptist 7.6 7.15 7.13 Northwest Bastion (*) Jackson Cemetery 7.3 7.16 Cemetery 7.17 Text, site plan, sketches, and range chart. Interpretive text and images.
7.7 Profile of Fort 7.16 We Are Still Here 7.2 7.19 Clara Adams Text, site plan, and raised line tactile profile. Interpretive text and images. 7.14 Museum Burial Site 7.1 7.8 Rifle Trench 7.17 Faith and the Community 7.18 Text and raised line site plan. Schoolhouse/ Interpretive text and images. 7.10 Church Site 7.11 7.9 Outlying Gun Battery 7.18 Education at Fort Ward Text and raised line site plan. Interpretive text and images. Existing Wayside Base with Updated Graphics (Fort Ward) *Existing large panel 7.19 A Community at Fort Ward Interpretive text and images. Existing Wayside (“The Fort”)
New Wayside (“The Fort”) 7.20 From Fort to Community Interpretive text and images.
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Waysides Site Plan © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site 13 Fort Ward Paved Surfaces 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology Digital Historic Atlas Fort Ward Fort Ward ± Paved Surfaces Paved Surfaces 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology Digital Historic Atlas Digital Historic Atlas ± ± DESIGN INSPIRATIONS INTERPRETIVE PLANNING NOTE: Design inspirations are developed under the understanding that Fort Ward’s interpretive elements may take a unique style, not bound to City standards.
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Design Inspiration / Type + Color © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 14 GRAPHIC TYPICALS: UPDATED WAYSIDES Element 7
Curved graphic element with Fort icon / consistent graphic Raised tactile elements element throughout for bombproofs
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Bombproof No.1 Bombproof No.2 Bombproof No.1 Bombproof No.2 BOMBPROOF
TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet FIG.1 / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center Bombproof No.2 BOMBPROOFBombproof No.1 of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the Bombproof No.2 Bombproof No.1 bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof Platform (banquette) Bombproof No.1 Bombproof No.2 facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event
of an attack, the structures provide temporary / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs BOMBPROOF protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied FIG.1 Earthen roof Platform (banquette) FIG.1 by a well located between the bombproofs.New graphicFIG.2 / Bombproof cross section framework TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet FIG.1 / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center oss section FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed Bombproof No.2 , each measuring 200 feet BOMBPROOF of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the Bombproof cr from logs that projected three feet over the Bombproof No.1 / FIG.2 bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof with endentrance to the structure, bars forming a platform mounts to of a bombproof was constructed long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center Platform (banquette) (banquette) on which infantrymen could BOMBPROOF facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls THE ROOF OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters TWO BOMBPROOFS from logs that projected three feet over the were scaled by an attacker. Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs entrance to the structure, forming a platform of an attack, the structures provide temporary ft. x ft. / long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center 200 12.5 FIG.1 Earthen roof (banquette) on which infantrymen could protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls old graphic surface Platform (banquette) were scaled by an attacker. of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE FIG.1 by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 / Bombproof cross section TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event of an attack, the structures provide temporary ft. 12.5 protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied ft. x FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed 200 , each measuring 200 feet by a well located / Detail between of bombproof the No.1 bombproofs. / plan view Men’s Quarters / Bombproof cross section from logs that projected three feet over the FIG.3 bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof entrance to the structure, forming a platform FIG.2 of a bombproof was constructed long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center (banquette) on which infantrymen could BOMBPROOF Guard House Prison Platform (banquette) Office stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls THE ROOF OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters TWO BOMBPROOFS from logs that projected three feet over the were scaled by an attacker. long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center entrance to the structure, forming a platform 200ft. x 12.5ft. (banquette) on which infantrymen could of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls were scaled by an attacker. facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event of an attack, the structures provide temporary ft. 12.5 protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied ft. x 200 by a well located / Detail between of bombproof the No.1 bombproofs. / plan view Men’s Quarters bombproofs were used as meetingof an attack, rooms, the storage structures provide temporaryEarthen roof FIG.3 Guard House Prison Bombproof No.1Platform (banquette) Office protection for the soldiers. Water was suppliedBombproof No.2 Bombproof No.1 facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event Bombproof No.2 BOMBPROOF by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 Bombproof cross section of an attack, the structures provide temporary / TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet FIG.1 / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center Bombproof No.2 BOMBPROOF of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the Bombproof No.1 bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied Platform (banquette) facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event
of an attack, the structures provide temporary / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs FIG.3 protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied FIG.1 Earthen roof / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view Platform (banquette) by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed FIG.1 // FortBombproof Ward plan cross showing section location of bombproofs by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 / Bombproof cross section TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet from logs that projected three feet over the FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed , each measuring 200 feet from logs that projected three feet over the / Bombproof cross section Bombproof No.1 entrance to the structure, forming a platform Bombproof No.2 FIG.2 entrance to the structure, forming a platform of a bombproof was constructed long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center (banquette) on which infantrymenBOMBPROOF could BOMBPROOF stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls THE ROOF OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters from logs that projected three feet over the TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet FIG.1 / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs TWO BOMBPROOFS were scaled by an attacker. long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center entrance to the structure, forming a platform (banquette) on which infantrymen could 200ft. x 12.5ft. long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center (banquette) on which infantrymen could FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed were scaled by an attacker. bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE Platform (banquette) bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event of an attack, the structures provide temporary stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls of an attack, the structures provide temporary ft. protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied from logs that projected three feet over the protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied 12.5 OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters by a well located between the bombproofs. ft. x FIG.2 / Bombproof cross section 200 by a well located / Detail between of bombproof the No.1 bombproofs. / plan view Men’s Quarters
Bombproof No.1 FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed FIG.3 were scaled by an attacker. Bombproof No.2 bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof from logs that projected three feet over the entrance to the structure, forming a platform entrance to the structure, forming a platform Guard House BOMBPROOF (banquette) on which infantrymen could Prison ft. x Platformft. (banquette) stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls Office 200 12.5 OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters were scaled by an attacker. TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet FIG.1 / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs 200ft. x 12.5ft. (banquette) on which infantrymen could long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center OLD SURFACE of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE
facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof Platform (banquette) facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls of an attack, the structures provide temporary OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 / Bombproof cross section
of an attack, the structures provide temporary were scaled by an attacker. FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed from logs that projected three feet over the FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE entrance to the structure, forming a platform (banquette) on which infantrymen could ft. x ft. stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls 200 12.5 OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters were scaled by an attacker. 200ft. x 12.5ft. OLD SURFACE protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE
by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 / Bombproof cross section FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE
FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed from logs that projected three feet over the
Bombproof No.1 Bombproof No.2 entrance to the structure, forming a platform BOMBPROOF
TWO BOMBPROOFS, each measuring 200 feet FIG.1 / Fort Ward plan showing location of bombproofs (banquette) on which infantrymen could long by 12.5 feet wide, were located in the center of Fort Ward. During normal operations, the
bombproofs were used as meeting rooms, storage Earthen roof Platform (banquette) facilities, and sometimes as a prison. In the event stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls of an attack, the structures provide temporary OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters protection for the soldiers. Water was supplied by a well located between the bombproofs. FIG.2 / Bombproof cross section
were scaled by an attacker. FIG.3 / Detail of bombproof No.1 / plan view THE ROOF of a bombproof was constructed from logs that projected three feet over the entrance to the structure, forming a platform Raised tactile element (banquette) on which infantrymen could ft. x ft. stand to fire their muskets if the fort walls 200 12.5 OfficePrison Guard House Men’s Quarters were scaled by an attacker. 200ft. x 12.5ft. OLD SURFACE for bombproof FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE
FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE
FRONT VIEW ISOMETRIC VIEW FORT ICON COMMUNITY ICON (Shield from Gate) (Home Structure) EXISTING GRAPHIC
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Updated Waysides © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 15 NEW WAYSIDES NOTE: Locations for new waysides (7.16-7.20) Element 7 are approximate and will be determined during New waysides representing “The Fort” community will installation. be added to provide additional interpretation beyond the existing, relatively new, waysides. The new panels will incorporate the same base for a uniform look. 7.20 7.16 We Are Still Here Interprets the new Community Gate and provides an overview of the African American descendants of the Fort Ward / Seminary community today.
7.17 Faith and the Community Based at the Oakland Baptist Cemetery. Interprets the church and cemeteries at Fort Ward—why and how they were founded.
7.18 Education at Fort Ward Overlooks the original location of the Seminary
School and interprets the role of education in the Fort 7.17 Ward African American community—something that 7.16 many residents traveled at great length to achieve, in addition to the schoolhouse set up here. 7.19 2
7.19 A Community at Fort Ward 1 Looking out across the homesites, interprets families and neighborhood leaders like the Adams, McKnights, Caseys, Belks, and Balls, and traces how families grew and changed their community through decades of 7.18 ongoing inequality. 3 7.20 From Fort to Community Connects both the Outlying Gun Bastion and Jackson homesite as an opportunity to trace the evolution of Fort Ward from military installation to homesite to 1 Reconstructed Home Frame municipal park. May also be appropriate at the site of the Jackson Cemetery / Southwest Ramparts. 2 Clara Adams’ Burial Site
3 Community Gateway
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A New Waysides © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 16 GRAPHIC TYPICALS: NEW WAYSIDES Element 7
Curved graphic element with community icon / consistent graphic element throughout
TOP VIEW
COMMUNITY MAP
COMMUNITY MAP
SCHOOL SITE EDUCATION Lewis Douglas Archie CaseyBeatrice TerrellElizabeth HenryAllen WanzerGeraldineRebecca Stevenson Rust AT “THE FORT”
IN 1898, CLARA SHORTS ADAMS AND ROBERT ADAMS AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD donated a quarter-acre of land to the Falls Church / KNOWN STRUCTURES & ROAD LOCATIONS School District, in order to build a school for African American children. At the time, schools in Virginia were segregated. Until this donation, “The Fort” and 1932 / GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 SCHOOL SITE “Seminary” communities did not have equal access Lewis Douglas Archie CaseyBeatrice TerrellElizabeth HenryAllen WanzerGeraldineRebecca Stevenson Rust FIG.1 / These five students to educational resources. After the community took and their teachers make up the Seminary School’s graduating education into their own hands, the one-room “Colored class of 1932. EDUCATION School Building at Seminary” opened as the first public schoolhouse for African American children in the area, FIG.2 / This photograph shows MAP and remained until 1925. the original Seminary School building, which offered first COMMUNITY through seventh grades for the community’s children. The land is now occupied by T.C. Williams / ORIGINAL SEMINARY SCHOOL TE “They (residents of “The Fort”) were mostly High School. SCHOOL SI educated people, and they all went to school, , AFTER THE CLOSURE OF “THE FORT’S” FIRST SCHOOL IN 1925 n AT “THE FORT” though most of them went to school together The Seminary School opened in 1927 after community efforts and
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Le FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE IN 1898, CLARA SHORTS ADAMS AND ROBERT ADAMS AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD / KNOWN STRUCTURES & ROAD LOCATIONS
/ GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 donated a quarter-acre of land to the Falls Church 1932 , AT “THE FORT” / These five students FIG.1 and their teachers make up the School District, in order to build a school for African Seminary School’s graduating EDUCATION class of 1932. This photograph shows / / ORIGINAL SEMINARY SCHOOL FIG.2 the original Seminary School building, which offered first IN 1898, CLARA SHORTS ADAMS AND ROBERT ADAMS through seventh grades for the AFTER THE CLOSURE OF “THE FORT’S” FIRST SCHOOL IN FORT1925 WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE American children. At the time, schools in Virginia community’s children. The land The Seminary School opened in 1927 after community efforts and donated a quarter-acre of land to the Falls Church is now occupied by T.C. Williams support. Douglas Wood donated the land, and the community High School. raised $1,000. “The Fort” also received $900 from the Rosenwald School District, in order to build a school for African Fund and $4,000 of public funding to build The Seminary School’s American children. At the time, schools in Virginia new, three-room building. were segregated. Until this donation, “The Fort” and were segregated. Until this donation, “The Fort” and “Seminary” communities did not have equal access / GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 to educational resources. After the community took 1932 education into their own hands, the one-room ”“Colored) were mostly School Building at Seminary” opened as the first public ” / 1994 COMMUNITY MAP schoolhouse for African American“ The children Fort in the area, “Seminary” communities did not have equal access and remained until 1925. / BARBARA ASHBY GORDON
FIG.1 SCHOOL SITE “ They (residents of / These five students Lewis Douglas Archie CaseyBeatrice TerrellElizabeth HenryAllen WanzerGeraldineRebecca Stevenson Rust EDUCATION educated people, and they all went to school, AT “THE FORT” though most of them went to school together to educational resources. After the community took and their teachers make up the in the little one-room schoolhouse … IN 1898, CLARA SHORTS ADAMS AND ROBERT ADAMS AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD donated a quarter-acre of land to the Falls Church / KNOWN STRUCTURES & ROAD LOCATIONS Seminary School’s graduating School District, in order to build a school for African American children. At the time, schools in Virginia were segregated. Until this donation, “The Fort” and 1932 / GRADUATING CLASS OF 1932 education into their own hands, the one-room “Colored “Seminary” communities did not have equal access FIG.1 / These five students class of 1932. to educational resources. After the community took and their teachers make up the Seminary School’s graduating education into their own hands, the one-room “Colored class of 1932. School Building at Seminary” opened as the first public schoolhouse for African American children in the area, FIG.2 / This photograph shows and remained until 1925. the original Seminary School School Building at Seminary” opened as the first public building, which offered first through seventh grades for the community’s children. The land is now occupied by T.C. Williams / ORIGINAL SEMINARY SCHOOL “They (residents of “The Fort”) were mostly High School. educated people, and they all went to school, AFTER THE CLOSURE OF “THE FORT’S” FIRST SCHOOL IN 1925, though most of them went to school together The Seminary School opened in 1927 after community efforts and in the little one-room schoolhouse” … support. Douglas Wood donated the land, and the community schoolhouse for African American children in the area, raised $1,000. “The Fort” also received $900 from the Rosenwald / BARBARA ASHBY GORDON / 1994 Fund and $4,000 of public funding to build The Seminary School’s FIG.2 / This photograph shows new, three-room building. FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE and remained until 1925. the original Seminary School building, which offered first through seventh grades for the community’s children. The land is now occupied by T.C. Williams / ORIGINAL SEMINARY SCHOOL “They (residents of “The Fort”) were mostly High School. FRONT VIEW ISOMETRIC VIEW educated people, and they all went to school, AFTER THE CLOSURE OF “THE FORT’S” FIRST SCHOOL IN 1925, though most of them went to school together The Seminary School opened in 1927 after community efforts and in the little one-room schoolhouse” … support. Douglas Wood donated the land, and the community raised $1,000. “The Fort” also received $900 from the Rosenwald / BARBARA ASHBY GORDON / 1994 Fund and $4,000 of public funding to build The Seminary School’s new, three-room building.
FORT WARD MUSEUM & HISTORIC SITE
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A New Waysides © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 17 SITE MARKERS Element 8
A series of low-profile graphics mark out key sites and locations throughout the built and natural landscape, NOTE: Locations for all site markers are many of which are no longer visible or are not otherwise approximate and will be determined during installation. interpreted. These locations help visitors appreciate the enormity of Fort Ward’s story and shine a light on the efforts of archaeologists and community members to record these features. The panels will also feature historic imagery. The site markers may include a link to the mobile digital feature, which will provide additional information regarding the historic locations.
Ten such markers are currently budgeted. 1 Potential Sites to Mark
1 Native American site Reconstructed Area
2 Military Barracks 10
3 Fort’s Well
4 Schoolhouse Lane Civil War Fort Oakland Baptist 3 Cemetery 5 Clara Adams Burial Site 2 6
6 Oakland Baptist Cemetery 8 Clara Adams 7 Museum Seminary School Burial Site5 7 8 Recreated Home Frame Schoolhouse/ Church Site 4 9 9 Additional Home Site, TBD
10 Additional Home Site, TBD
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Fort Ward MuseumFort &W Historicard Site Paved Surfaces 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology Digital Historic Atlas Fort Ward Fort Ward ± Paved Surfaces Paved Surfaces 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology 02125F50 500 eet Map Source: Alexandria Archaeology Digital Historic Atlas Digital Historic Atlas ± ± GRAPHIC TYPICALS: SITE MARKERS Element 8
Curved graphic element with community icon / consistent graphic element throughout
represents HOME FRAME
THIS REIMAGINED STRUCTURE represents HOME FRAME the clapboard homes that housed the residents of “The Fort” community. This frame is meant THIS REIMAGINED STRUCTURE to mimic the structure of the home of Clara the clapboard homes that housed the residents Adams, a prominent figure in the development of “The Fort” community. This frame is meant of the community. This home was one of the to mimic the structure of the home of Clara last standing at “The Fort” before the City of Alexandria claimed the land in the 1960s. Adams, a prominent figure in the development HOME FRAME of the community. This home was one of the last standing at “The Fort” before the City of 6 HOME FRAME Alexandria claimed the land in the 1960s. THIS REIMAGINED STRUCTURE represents Please follow the link www.link.com and the associated number at right the clapboard homes that housed the residents for additional information about Clara Adams and homes within of “The Fort” community. This frame is meant “The Fort” community. 6 to mimic the structure of the home of Clara Please follow the link www.link.com and the associated number at right Adams, a prominent figure in the development for additional information about Clara Adams and homes within of the community. This home was one of the “The Fort” community. last standing at “The Fort” before the City of THIS REIMAGINED STRUCTURE represents Alexandria claimed the land in the 1960s. the clapboard homes that housed the residents Please follow the link www.link.com and the associated number at right of “The Fort” community. This frame is meant for additional information about Clara Adams and homes within “The Fort” community. 6 to mimic the structure of the home of Clara Adams, a prominent figure in the development of the community. This home was one of the TOP VIEW last standing at “The Fort” before the City of Alexandria claimed the land in the 1960s.
Site numbers associated with website information
Please follow the link www.link.com and the associated number at right for additional information about Clara Adams and homes within “The Fort” community. 6 ISOMETRIC VIEW
FRONT VIEW
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Site Markers © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 19 MEDIA NOTES: MOBILE WEB ELEMENT WIREFRAMES
FIRST Orientation & Navigation The client team determined following the last presentation that the City may have the ability to use an existing mobile platform, and that resources should not be devoted to developing a stand alone mobile app. This direction led the design team to consider how best to present additional content to users via their smart phones/mobile devices.
Redmon Group prepared a document presenting initial wireframes and content layouts for the mobile web element. That document includes more detailed information related to the proposed design and functionality of the element. This pages includes images that also appear in the accompanying document.
Note also that the mobile web site works in conjunction with other interpretive elements. The budget includes approximately 10 sites, based on the level of content depicted in this example. The final deliverable under this contract will include one working model, which may be hosted by the City, ideally as an addition to the Fort Ward web site.
SECOND THIRD A Deeper Dive Choosing a Site
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Mobile Web Wireframes © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 20 STRUCTURES: ORIENTATION, WAYSIDES AND SITE MARKERS Various Elements
VERTICAL ORIENTATION SIGN LARGE WAYSIDE SECONDARY WAYSIDE SITE MARKER (2 duplicates) New waysides interpreting “The Fort” Replaces existing Fort Ward waysides (10 site markers, linked to mobile) (5 new waysides) (4 large, and 5 small panels)
36" 24" 11" graphic
48"
60" 12" 3/4" 3/4" 12 11 24" graphic
84" 18" 5/32" 7/16" 37 29
Orientation Sign Elevation - Existing Large Sign Existing Small Sign w/ New Cover Graphic 1 2 3 Site Markers Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 FT Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 FT Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 FT 4 Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0" 0 1 2 FT
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CLEAR SPACE FOR INDESIGN TITLE BLOCK MEDIA NOTES: BROCHURE LAYOUT The PEOPLE McLEOD of McLEOD PLANTATION PLA NTA TION
Visiting McLeod Plantation is an William e. mcleod experience like no other in Charleston. (1885–1990) The grounds and exhibits reveal an The catastrophic demise of incredible story of transformation for cotton due to boll weevils in the people that lived and worked here. 1922 and twentieth century Carolina HistoricalCourtesy Society South societal changes forced William to find Completing a tour of the site requires alternative sources of income. These Development of the Fort Ward brochure is tied about a two-thirds mile (one km) included vegetable farming; renting land and walk. Plan at least an hour to houses to farmers, businesses and families; experience McLeod Plantation. and selling property to developers. At the end of his long and colorful life, he left closely to the interpretive elements selected for Enrich your experience by downloading McLeod Plantation to be preserved. the free Transition to Freedom app from Apple’s App Store or borrow an Apple eugene Frazier the site. We recommend the following elements device from the Welcome Center. (1936–) Born on James Island, Eugene helped his mother harvest crops at McLeod Plantation before overcoming segregation start be included: Here and discrimination to become a detective and lieutenant with the Charleston County Police. Eugene has contributed greatly to the understanding of life on James Island Y
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also its different and changing eras. Visitors will DaIrY anD KItCHen View how freed people’s families and their Reflect by this sacred grove where so many
See a rare example of where generations descendants made their homes here until Gullah men, women, and children have of people, mostly women, developed 1990 despite a lack of modern conveniences. been laid to rest. Lowcountry cuisine and performed other Home oF ensLaveD WaPPoo CreeK daily domestic tasks. be able to clearly identify major pathways, and Peek into a home once inhabited by people Stand where McLeod Plantation once mcLeoD Home whose refusal to submit to the dehumanizing connected to Charleston. Long after their Imagine how life inside the home was condition of slavery contributed to the use for transporting local crops or Civil experienced by the McLeods, enslaved people, creation of Gullah culture. War troops, local waterways still hold soldiers, freed people, and others who lived in symbolic importance for many Gullah. WorsHIP House the brochure will recommend a clear route for it for nearly 150 years. This house, originally intended to subjugate PavILIon LanD oWnersHIP its enslaved occupants, later housed a Enjoy a picnic or rent the Pavilion Understand why the ownership of McLeod mission promoting love, acceptance, for family reunions and other social Plantation was in question as a result of and community. functions. Restrooms are located here. exploring the site. circumstances surrounding the Civil War. Cotton gIn House
transItIon roW Discover how this plantation produced sea Visit homes built for the enslaved that later island cotton, some of the finest cotton ever housed soldiers, freed people and their grown. Back breaking labor in this building Gullah descendants whose life on “the street” prepared it for market. changed with developments on James Island.
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the SITE VISITING Orientation on the brochure will be FREEDOM’S supplemented with primary source history. back Doing so reminds visitors of the people that The PEOPLE of McLEOD PLANTATION 1851-1865 charles 1865-1919 PomPey “hardTimes” daWson THE OLD SOUTH REINVENTING THE SOUTH (1813–1863) (1821–?) inhabited this place, and facilitates closer William Wallace mcleod Fifty year old Charles, described by William marTin Becker It is believed that Pompey, formerly enslaved (1820–1865) Wallace McLeod as “a first rate field hand, (?–1879) by the McLeods, was one of twenty people boat hand & wood cutter,” died from a “severe to have McLeod land granted to them by the Once William acquired this property in 1851, bout of diarrhea” while working gang labor A free black abolitionist, Martin Freedman’s Bureau. Oral tradition indicates enslaved crafts people constructed a new to build Sullivan’s Island fortifications for served in the United States that he was stripped of the land. However, connections to the story. home and enslaved men and women began Navy before enlisting in the the Confederates. William, who likely sent generations of his descendants continued cultivating sea island cotton. A secessionist, Charles against his will, was compensated Massachusetts 55th Volunteer Registry American African The Courtesy to live and work on or nearby. Many settled McLeod joined the Charleston Light $2,000 for Charles’s death. Infantry in 1863 to fight for the freedom of four in sections of James Island adjacent to Dragoons to defend his home and way of life million enslaved people. As Quartermaster McLeod Plantation. on James Island when Civil War erupted. He Sergeant he spent several weeks at the regimental en reedom eekers died mere miles from home T F s headquarters at McLeod Plantation in the spring (1862) while returning from the of 1865. Following the war, he worked for civil 1919-1990 THE NEW SOUTH war in 1865, leaving three In the spring, ten people ranging in age rights as representative to South Carolina’s 1868 orphaned children. from fifty-five years to fourteen months Constitutional Convention, James Island trial old and named Syphax, Beck, Tony, Ben, judge, and 1870 election manager. Wilhelmina mcleod Rose, Abram, William, York, Molly and an (1880–1952) McLeods enjoying unnamed child risked all by fleeing McLeod the James Island C illiam c eod o n W W. m l ii u o The youngest daughter of r i t t e a Agricultural s d y n Plantation to Union lines. Their fate is H u (1850–1919) is Fo William W. McLeod II, t n Society Picnic ori to c Charles unknown. However, because of conditions in Wilhelmina spent much camps some likely died; others were probably After settling claims in 1879 to his inherited of her life at McLeod employed as Army Contraband workers; portion of McLeod Plantation, William Plantation and often and some may have become Union soldiers. worked tirelessly to reclaim the planter lifestyle. entertained people with Though not yet legally free, their bravery As a founding member of the James Island family stories passed to Carolina HistoricalCourtesy Society South brought them closer to freedom. Agricultural Society he and fellow planters her by her father. She served as president of reestablished sea island cotton. They also the South Carolina Division of the Daughters conspired to maintain cheap of the Confederacy in 1941-1942. She hosted labor by taking advantage of meetings in the kitchen building at McLeod discriminatory laws and setting Plantation which, at the time, included a rules to govern African American shrine to leaders of the Confederacy. tenant farmer and laborer contracts, wages, and debts. Courtesy South Carolina HistoricalCourtesy Society South
Courtesy south Carolina Historical society Courtesy Library of Congress 1 cover 2 intro spread 3 secondary spread 4 interior map spread
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FORT WARD FORT WARD FORT WARD MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITE MUSEUM AND HISTORIC SITE BASTIONS BASTIONS BASTIONS of FREEDOM of FREEDOM of FREEDOM ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
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The City has agreed to put the Program Development budget allotment towards assisting in a series of Facilitated Dialogues and Oral History sessions with community members.
Doing so will help to inform and direct the interpretive products under development, and drive at stakeholder participation in the new exhibits at Fort Ward.
Our Facilitated Dialogue—an example of an Audience Centered Experience—yielded particularly strong results. Using interactive prototypes and mid- design graphics as prompts, we tested intellectual comprehension and emotional takeaways—seeing if what we had planned and designed would be effective, directly with a key portion of our audience.
We are awaiting more input on the interviewees and how the City foresees this process rolling out. Our goal is that the final deliverable would include developing and producing sample Facilitated Dialogue scripts.
Example of a script from a Facilitated Dialogue developed for San Francisco Maritime National Park. Note this example includes Braille, which is not required, but increases accessible options.
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Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site Phase III: Draft Concept Design Scale = N/A Facilitated Dialogue © THE DESIGN MINDS, INC. September 13, 2018 24 APPENDIX A: EXISTING WAYSIDES
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7.10 7.11 7.12
7.13 7.14 7.15
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