National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior WesternWestern Center Center forfor Historic Historic Preservation Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 1 Grand Teton National Park P.O. Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012 2010 Annual Report Western Center for Historic Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 2 Table of Contents Summary…………………...…………………………………………………………………………………………………………................... 3 White Grass Dude Ranch Progress Report……………………………….……………………………………………………………….. 4 WCHP Projects…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 Training and Outreach…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7 Western Center for Historic Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 3 Summary of 2010 2010 was another successful year for the WCHP organization, with a wide range of interesting preservation projects accomplished. The crew started the year with two projects in the Southwest. While snow was heavy on the ground in Grand Teton, they traveled to the Grand Canyon to work on the Tusayan Museum, then to Santa Fe to work on the Old Santa Fe Trail building, which currently serves as the regional NPS office building. The summer was filled with projects in Grand Teton, including a major roof preservation and replacement project at the historic Snake River Land Co. Office and Residence, and continued work at the WCHP White Grass Dude Ranch campus. In addition to completing several projects, the WCHP also participated in and lead several volunteer projects and training projects in 2010. Both the Tusayan Museum project in the Grand Canyon and the Old Santa Fe Trail building project in Santa Fe were completed with participation from PAST program participants. From hosting local students to volunteering with HistoriCorps, the short summer season in Jackson was a great success. 2010 WCHP Staff Western Center for Historic Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 4 White Grass Dude Ranch Progress Report The White Grass Dude Ranch is currently being rehabilitated by the WCHP for use as their summer campus and training center. Ultimately, the ranch will host up to 18 trainees in 9 sleeping cabins, with a shared kitchen cabin, laundry cabin, and classroom cabin. With two of the sleeping cabins and the majority of the Hammond Cabin, which will serve as the community kitchen and meeting area, completed in 2009, preservation work in 2010 focused on completion of the Hammond Cabin and preservation of three more sleeping cabins. The majority of exterior preservation work at the Hammond Cabin (Cabin 1156) was completed in 2008 and 2009. In winter and spring 2010, the WCHP crew completed interior finish work, installing flooring, fixtures, The interior finish work being appliances, and other finishes, and completing the rehabilitation of the completed in the Hammond Cabin. large building. The completion of the Hammond Cabin is a major benchmark in the White Grass Dude Ranch rehabilitation project, and one that will allow for the first caretaker to reside at the ranch in the summer of 2011. In addition to the Hammond Cabin, foundation work on Cabins 1157, 1158, and 1160, all sleeping cabins, began in summer 2010. The three cabins were all lifted off their original foundations, rolled to an adjacent site, and set on cribbing. The original foundations were excavated and new foundations poured. The cabins were then rolled back onto the new foundations and secured. During foundation work, the WCHP crew began replacing rotted exterior logs. In fall 2010, after exterior log work was completed, the WCHP crew moved inside the cabins to begin interior preservation work. Of the thirteen historic structures on site, three have been rehabilitated and three more are now in progress. The scheduled completion date for the White Grass project is 2016. Above: A new foundation being constructed at White Grass Cabin 1158. Right: Cabin 1160 resting on cribbing. Once the cabin was moved, new foundations were dug and poured on the cabin’s original site. Western Center for Historic Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 5 WCHP Projects Snake River Land Co. Office and Residence Roof Restoration, Grand Teton National Park The Snake River Land Co. Office and Residence is a large log structure that was built in 1926 by wealthy eastern politician John Hogan. The Snake River Land Co., John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s Grand Teton organization, purchased the property in 1930, converting the residence for use as their primary, in-park administrative headquarters. The WCHP restoration of the Snake River Land Co. Office and residence roof took place in the summer and fall of 2010. The project involved removing the existing double layer roof (locally known as a “cold roof”) in order to check for and correct any structural problems, then replacing the roof with a temporary, non-historic roof. The WCHP replaced the roof with a temporary metal roof and left off the top layer of the double roof because the Scaffolding was erected to support roof work during the building is high on the park’s list of historic structures to restoration project. rehabilitate. When the larger rehabilitation project occurs, the temporary roof will allow the crew to more easily install an insulated panel roof and reconstruct the historic double roof from documentation completed by the WCHP crew. Menor’s Ferry Historic District Preservation, Grand Teton National Park One of the most visited historic sites in Grand Teton National Park, the Menor’s Ferry Historic District highlights the history of transportation in the American West. In addition to the ferry, which still operates across the Snake River, the transportation shed houses a collection of turn-of-the-century wagons and carriages, and the store, smokehouse, and storehouse offer interpretation of early homesteading life in the Jackson Hole Valley. Begun in 2009, the Menor’s Ferry Historic District preservation project was completed in 2010. In 2010, the project focused on establishing positive drainage around the homestead/store building, and completing log replacements on the transportation shed. Abegglen Construction was contracted by Grand Teton National Abegglen Construction employees working at Menor’s Park to perform this preservation work, with oversight by Ferry Transportation Shed. the WCHP. Western Center for Historic Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 6 4 Lazy F Dude Ranch Historic District Preservation, Grand Teton National Park The 4 Lazy F Dude Ranch is made up of a series of small cabins that once served as a summer home for the Frew family, who named the ranch 4 Lazy F to stand for 4 Lazy Frews. The historic district is divided into three separate use clusters: the main living area, the agricultural fields, and the caretaker’s cluster and agricultural support structures. Like the Menor’s Ferry Historic District preservation project, the 4 Lazy F Historic District preservation project began in 2009, and was completed in 2010. The project involved the caretaker’s cluster and agricultural support structures, focusing on the barn and caretaker’s cabin. Work on the barn was completed in 2009, while the work on the caretaker house took place during the spring of 2010. The stabilization work on the caretaker’s cabin involved Abegglen Construction employee working at the 4 Lazy F replacing several rotted logs and replacing the roof Dude Ranch Caretaker House. structure and covering. Abegglen Construction was contracted by Grand Teton National Park to rehabilitate the 4 Lazy F Dude Ranch barn and caretaker cabin, with oversight by the WCHP. Mission 66 Government Housing Window Replacement, Capitol Reef National Park Launched in 1956 by National Park Service Director Conrad Wirth, Mission 66 was a 10-year, billion-dollar parks improvement program that greatly impacted National Parks around the country. Employee housing was a central concern addressed through the program. With input from National Park employee wives, standardized housing units were constructed in numerous parks in order to ease the stresses of transferring between parks. The 2010 Mission 66 housing windows project included removing the old window sashes and installing new replacement windows in several government housing units. WCHP also provided craft assistance in the replacement of deteriorated siding on the structures. One of several housing units that received new windows. Western Center for Historic Preservation 2010 Annual Report | 7 Training and Outreach Training Tusayan Museum Preservation, Grand Canyon National Park Completed in partnership with workers from the PAST program, the Tusayan Museum project addressed the deteriorated viga ends on the building. The Tusayan Museum was constructed in 1931 in the Southwest style to house interpretive exhibits for the sites archeological ruins. It was constructed in two phases, which can be distinguished by the treatment on the viga ends: on the older portion of the building the ends were rounded, and on the younger portion of the building the ends were cut in a “beaver cut” style. The project consisted of replacing or repairing all of the viga ends on the Tusayan Museum. Because the viga A partially repaired viga end at the Tusayan ends were in a range of deteriorated conditions, several Museum approaches were used for their replacement. The project provided an ideal training opportunity, allowing WCHP to highlight a variety of replacement methods appropriate and available for viga ends. Old Santa Fe Trail Building Preservation, Intermountain Regional Office, Santa Fe The Old Santa Fe Trail Building project was also completed in partnership with participants