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GUIDELINES FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS MANAGEMENT

MARINE CORPS BASE, CAMP LEJEUNE

ONSLOW COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Prepared for:

MARINE CORPS BASE, CAMP LEJEUNE

Prepared Under the Terms of:

U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT

SAVANNAH

Contract:

W912HN-06-P-0250

Prepared by:

THE LOUIS BERGER GROUP

Richmond, Virginia

Final September 2008 i

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This document has been prepared to assist in the management and treatment of individual buildings and historic districts at Marine Corps Base (MCB), Camp Lejeune that have been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as of the year 2008. It is intended to be used in conjunction with policies and procedures contained in MCB Camp Lejeune’s Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, and the evaluations contained in Historical Architectural Evaluations, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina (Bowers, Dixon, and Jacobe 2008).

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 requires the Marine Corps to consider the effects of its actions on historic properties, which are defined as those listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register. Section 110 of the NHPA requires that the Marine Corps ensure that all historic properties within its jurisdiction or control are managed and maintained in ways that consider the preservation of the properties’ historic, archaeological, architectural, and cultural values, in compliance with Section 106. The objectives of these guidelines are to streamline the Section 106 review process involved in the management of historic properties, and to outline measures by which MCB Camp Lejeune may avoid or minimize adverse effects to historic properties within the constraints and requirements of MCB Camp Lejeune’s mission and those of its resident activities. To this end, these guidelines will constitute an addendum to the programmatic agreement being developed for MCB Camp Lejeune’s historic buildings, structures, and districts.

This document is organized in three parts. Part 1 lists the historic districts and individually significant buildings covered by the guidelines, summarizes the most pertinent laws and regulations, and discusses the Department of the Navy’s Treatment of Built Environment Categories. Part 2 contains an inclusive list of maintenance and repair activities involving historic properties that will not require consultation between MCB Camp Lejeune and the State Historic Preservation Office.

However, the Base’s Environmental Management Department may have additional concerns to address if the proposed actions involve lead and asbestos abatement issues. Part 3 contains guidelines for the eight historic districts and nine individual resources eligible for the National Register. Each set of guidelines has four sections: a description of the historic property’s significance, an itemization of the Treatment of Built Environment category or categories applicable to the property, a list of Treatment Goals, and Design Standards. The treatment categorization serves as an indicator of the degree to which the proponent or sponsor will have to justify the proposed action or consider alternatives to the proposed action that would avoid adverse effects to the historic property.

Within the framework of the treatment categories, MCB Camp Lejeune intends to treat contributing buildings in historic districts differently from the individually eligible historic buildings. As opposed to maintaining original materials on the exterior of individual buildings and structures within the historic districts, MCB Camp Lejeune will maintain their historic exterior appearance.

For example, white vinyl siding and aluminum will be used on buildings within the historic districts in lieu of painting. In addition, unless the original wooden doors remain on buildings within historic districts, the Base will install new metal or fiberglass doors with horizontal panels that maintain the building’s historic exterior appearance. The Base will not maintain stockpiles of materials salvaged from historic buildings.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................... i

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDELINES

Applicable Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines Prioritizing Treatment of Historic Buildings

PART 2 ACTIONS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW

PART 3 GUIDELINES FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS

AND BUILDINGS

Assault Amphibian Base Historic District Camp Geiger Historic District Command Services/Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District Command Services Regimental Area No. 3 Industrial Area Montford Point Camp No. 1 Historic District Montford Point Camps Nos. 2 and 2A Historic District Naval Hospital/Surgeon’s Row Historic District Parachute Training Historic District Stone Bay Rifle Range Historic District USO Building, Jacksonville, North Carolina

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A TREATMENT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT

CATEGORIES AND DRAFT TREATMENT

PROTOCOLS (Department of the Navy)

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDELINES

These guidelines have been prepared to guide the management and treatment of individual buildings and historic districts at Marine Corps Base (MCB), Camp Lejeune that have been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as of the year 2008. The purpose of the guidelines is to streamline the review process involved in the management of these historic properties mandated by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended.

To this end, these guidelines will also constitute an addendum to the Programmatic Agreement being developed for MCB Camp Lejeune’s historic buildings, structures, and districts. They should be employed in conjunction with the policies and procedures contained in MCB Camp Lejeune’s Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP), and the historical evaluations contained in Historical Architectural Evaluations, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina (Bowers, Dixon, and Jacobe 2008). The primary users of these guidelines are base personnel directly responsible for management and maintenance of buildings, structures, and grounds, and also those Base staff responsible for coordination and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and Orders governing historic properties. Although the Environmental Management Department may still have concerns to address if actions involve lead and asbestos abatement, daily maintenance and repair activities will not require State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) review.

These guidelines are applicable to the following historic districts and individual buildings at MCB Camp Lejeune.

• Assault Amphibian Base Historic District

• Camp Geiger Historic District

• Montford Point Camp No. 1 Historic District

• Montford Point Camps Nos. 2 and 2A Historic District

• Naval Hospital/Surgeon’s Row Historic District

• Parachute Training Historic District

• Stone Bay Rifle Range Historic District

• USO Building, Jacksonville, North Carolina

• Command Services/Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District, including individual buildings:

• Building 1, Post Headquarters

• Building 2, Division Headquarters

• Building 15, Infirmary

• Building 16, Protestant Chapel

• Building 17, Catholic Chapel

• Building 19, Base Theater

• Building 235, Bus Station

The report entitled Historical Architectural Evaluations, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina (Bowers, Dixon, and Jacobe 2008) contains information about these properties and their historical significance. Copies of this report are on file at the Base Environmental Management Department, the Base Facilities Department, and the Base Library.

Applicable Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines

The National Register of Historic Places, established in Section 101 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, is the nation’s list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. A historic property is a district, site, building, structure, or object that is listed in the National Register, or that has been determined to be eligible for the National Register.

Section 106 of the NHPA requires all Federal agencies, including the Marine Corps, officially to take into account the effects of their actions on historic properties. Federal regulations in 36 CFR Part 800, entitled “Protection of Historic Properties,” set out the requirements and procedures for complying with Section 106. These regulations include criteria for determining whether an agency’s action will affect a historic property and, if so, whether the effect will be adverse or not adverse.

Section 110 of the NHPA requires the head of each Federal agency, including the Marine Corps, to assume responsibility for the preservation of historic properties that are owned or controlled by that agency. The agency head must ensure that all historic properties within the agency’s jurisdiction or control are managed and maintained in ways that consider the preservation of the properties’ historical, archaeological, architectural, and cultural values, in compliance with Section 106.

Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 4710.1 establishes policy, procedures, and responsibilities for management of historic properties within DoD control. Marine Corps Order 11000.19 (May 14, 1986) implements this Directive within the Marine Corps. Marine Corps Order P5090.2 (September 26, 1991) conforms with DoD Directive 4710.1 and addresses the responsibilities of Marine Corps installations to develop and implement an archaeological and historic resource protection plan. Camp Lejeune Base Order 11000.19 (March 24, 1988) implements Marine Corps Order 11000.19.

The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects are contained in the Department of the Interior’s Archaeology and Historic Preservation: Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines (Federal Register 48:44716 [1983]). The Standards and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects cover acquisition, protection, stabilization, preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction.

Prioritizing Treatment of Historic Buildings

The eligibility of a district, site, building, structure, or object for listing in the National Register is determined solely on the basis of its historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural significance, without reference to management considerations of any kind. However, management of historic properties, including decisions as to how such properties are to be treated, requires a process for prioritizing such decisions.

To this end, the Department of the Navy has established four categories for prioritizing treatment of buildings and structures within its cognizance (see Appendix A). These categories take into account a property’s relative historical significance, its contemporary value to the community, its potential for continuing or adaptive use, and its level of integrity (i.e., the extent to which a historic property retains the characteristics that make it significant).

Category 1 — Long-Term Preservation. Elements of the historic built environment assigned to Category 1 are those that are the most worthy of long-term preservation and investment. Category 1 resources are assigned the highest priority for maintenance and repair in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, and for continuing or adaptive use in carrying out the installation’s or activity’s mission.

Category 2 — Consideration for Long-Term Preservation. Category 2 buildings and structures possess sufficient significance, continuing or adaptive use potential, or other value to merit consideration for long-term preservation. Category 2 buildings and structures should be preserved over the long run if doing so does not seriously impede the installation’s or activity’s mission or cost an unduly large amount of funds.

Category 3 — Consideration in Planning and Decision Making. Category 3 buildings and structures possess sufficient significance or continuing or adaptive use potential to merit consideration in planning and decision making. However, they are accorded a lower priority because their integrity is compromised, preservation would require investment disproportionate to their significance, or they constitute only minor aspects of a larger entity (such as a historic district) and their removal would not materially compromise the significance of the entity of which they are a part.

Category 4 — Other Aspects of Built Environment. Category 4 is assigned to buildings and structures that (1) are determined not eligible for listing in the National Register; (2) are significant for reasons relating to events less than 45 years in the past, unless of exceptional importance; (3) are determined to be noncontributing elements within a property listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register; or (4) are World War II temporary buildings subject to the terms of a DoD Programmatic Agreement for World War II temporary buildings. A Category 4 building or structure need not be maintained for historic preservation purposes; however, replacement or exterior alteration of a Category 4 building or structure that is located within a National Register historic district or adjacent to a historic district or individually significant building may require review to ensure that such replacement or exterior alteration does not diminish the significance or character of the historic district or individual building.

Seven individual buildings and five districts at Camp Lejeune have a Category 1 rating; however, the Category 1 rating for the five historic districts does not apply to the individual buildings within those districts. Consistent with their Category 2 and 3 designations, buildings within historic districts will be treated differently from individual buildings rated Category 1. As opposed to maintaining original materials on the exterior of individual buildings and structures within the historic districts, MCB Camp Lejeune will maintain their historic exterior appearance. For example, white vinyl siding and aluminum will be used on buildings within the historic districts in lieu of painting. In addition, unless the original wooden doors remain on buildings within historic districts, the Base will install new metal or fiberglass doors with horizontal panels that maintain the building’s historic exterior appearance. The Base will not maintain stockpiles of materials salvaged from historic buildings.

In addition to the seven individual buildings and five districts counted as Category 1 resources, three of the districts and 141 individual buildings are Category 2 resources. Another 43 individual buildings are Category 3 resources. The following table summarizes the Treatment Category for the National Register-eligible historic districts and individual buildings at MCB Camp Lejeune.

SUMMARY TABLE

TREATMENT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT CATEGORIES

NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICTS AND INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS

CATEGORY 1

CATEGORY 2

CATEGORY 3

Assault Amphibian Base Historic District

X

Individual Buildings

Camp Geiger

Individual Building

Command Services/ Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District

19 19

Montford Point Camp No. 1

Montford Point Camps Nos. 2 and 2A Historic District

Naval Hospital Surgeon’s Row

Parachute Training

Stone Bay Rifle Range

USO Building, Jacksonville

DISTRICT TOTALS

INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS

TOTALS

PART 2: ACTIONS EXEMPT FROM REVIEW

The following maintenance and repair actions are considered to have no adverse effect on historic properties, and therefore require no consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) prior to implementation. The actions listed here are all-inclusive.

Exterior Painting

• Repainting of previously painted exterior surfaces unless destructive surface preparation treatments, such as water blasting, sandblasting, and chemical cleaning, are used.

Lead Paint Abatement

• Exterior lead paint abatement by washing, scraping, and repainting of lead painted surfaces, installation of new window jambs, jamb liners, or metal panning in the window wells.

General Exterior Repairs

• Repair or partial replacement of original exterior elements (porches, cornices, exterior siding, door and window surrounds, balustrades, stairs, or other features) when such repair or replacement maintains the historic exterior appearance of districts. Repairs in districts shall include the use of white vinyl siding on buildings in lieu of painting.

• Repair or replacement of previously replaced (non-original) exterior elements.

Roof Repair

• Roof repair or replacement of historic roofing with material that closely matches the existing material, color, and form.

• Replacement of cement asbestos shingles with asphalt-based shingles.

• Repair, replacement, or installation of gutters and down spouts.

Windows and Doors

• Caulking, weather-stripping, reglazing, repairing, and repainting of existing windows and storm windows of individually eligible buildings.

• Installation of new window jambs or jamb liners

• Installation of storm windows that match the shape and size of existing openings and that have meeting rails that coincide with those of the historic windows.

• Repair or replacement of historic windows and doors that maintains the historic exterior appearance of districts. Replacement windows shall consist of six-over-six white vinyl-clad materials.

Interior Surfaces (floors, walls, ceilings)

• Repainting, refinishing, replacing sheetrock, replacing failing asbestos plaster with plaster sheetrock, laying carpet or sheet flooring, repairing cracks in concrete, replacing suspended ceiling tile, interior lead paint abatement.

Mechanical Systems

• Repair, replacement, and installation of electrical work, plumbing pipes and fixtures, heating systems, fire and smoke detectors, ventilation systems, and operating systems where such work does not affect the exterior of the building.

Insulation

• Installation of insulation in ceilings, attics, and basement spaces, provided it is installed with appropriate vapor barriers.

• Installation of insulation within wall cavities, provided it is installed with appropriate vapor barriers and that decorative interior plaster, wood work, or exterior siding is not altered.

Building Site

• Repair or replacement of existing roads, driveways, sidewalks, and curbs, provided that work is done in-kind to closely match existing materials and form, and that there are only minimal changes in dimension or configuration of these circulation features.

• Repair or replacement of fencing when work is done to resemble existing material and form.

PART 3: GUIDELINES FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND BUILDINGS

The basic purpose of these guidelines is to outline measures by which MCB Camp Lejeune may avoid or minimize adverse effects to historic properties within the constraints and requirements of the Base’s mission and those of its resident activities. Each set of guidelines has four sections: a statement of why the historic property is significant, an itemization of the Treatment of Built Environment category or categories that are applicable to the property, a list of Treatment Goals, and Design Standards. The Treatment of Built Environment categorization serves as an indicator of the degree to which the proponent or sponsor will have to justify the proposed action or consider alternatives to the proposed action that would avoid adverse effects to the historic property.

The Criteria of Adverse Effect, located in 36 CFR Part 800, Section 5 (a), are presented in part as follows:

An adverse effect is found when an undertaking may alter, directly or indirectly, the characteristics of a historic property that qualify the property for inclusion in the National Register in a manner that would diminish the integrity of the property’s location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling or association. . . . Adverse effects on historic properties include, but are not limited to:

• Physical destruction or demolition of or damage to all or part of the property;

• Alteration of a property, including restoration, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance, stabilization, hazardous material remediation and provision of handicapped access, that is not consistent with the Secretary’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (36 CFR Part 68) and applicable guidelines;

• Removal of the property from its historic location;

• Change of the character of the property’s use or of physical features within the property’s setting that contribute to its historic significance;

• Introduction of visual, atmospheric or audible elements that diminish the integrity of the property’s significant historic features;

• Neglect of a property which causes its deterioration ;

• Transfer, lease or sale of property out of Federal ownership or control without adequate and legally enforceable restrictions or conditions to ensure long-term preservation of the property’s historic significance.

MANAGEMENT PLAN

ASSAULT AMPHIBIAN BASE HISTORIC DISTRICT

MCB CAMP LEJEUNE

Significance of the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District

Completed in August 1942, the Assault Amphibian Base at Courthouse Bay provided enlisted personnel with training in amphibious landings. Amphibious landing capabilities developed in the period between the World Wars as a major mission for the Marine Corps, and provided the Marines with the tactical basis for their primary wartime mission, the seizure of advance bases for naval operations and the occupation and defense of advance bases. As planning progressed for construction of Camp Lejeune, amphibious training became a major role for the base. Major buildings erected for the base included Buildings A-1 (Carpenter Shop) and A-2 (Machine Shop).

These two buildings were not specifically utilized for the instruction of personnel in amphibious landings, but they served as maintenance and repair shops for the base’s fleet of amphibious landing craft and tractors, used for the Assault Amphibian Base to provide critical training to Marines directly applicable to their execution of the island-hopping war in the Pacific theater. Because of its direct association with the primary mission of Camp Lejeune during World War II, the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as a “Training Facility” within the historic context “Marine Mobilization and Training.”

Treatment of Built Environment Categories

The Assault Amphibian Base Historic District as a whole is a Category 2 resource because the district and its contributing resources possess sufficient significance, continuing or adaptive use potential, or other value to merit consideration for long-term preservation, and because they (a) can contribute to the interpretation of Camp Lejeune’s history but are not central to that interpretation;

and (b) have potential for continuing or adaptive use.

The properties should be subject to long-term preservation as long as their preservation does not impede the installation’s or activity’s mission, or require an unreasonably high expenditure of funds.

Adaptive uses for the property should be actively sought.

The following table lists the two buildings contributing to the historic district by building number, and provides the Treatment of Built Environment Category for each building.

ASSAULT AMPHIBIAN BASE HISTORIC DISTRICT

FOR CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS

Building

No.

Original Use

Current Use

Treatment of Built

Environment Category

A-1

Carpenter Shop

Heating Plant

A-2

Machine Shop

Storage

The following table enumerates the contributing Category 2 buildings composing the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District listed by building number.

ASSAULT AMPHIBIAN BASE HISTORIC DISTRICT

TREATMENT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT CATEGORY 2 BUILDINGS

LISTED BY BUILDING NUMBER

A-1

Carpenter Shop

Heating Plant

A-2

Machine Shop

Treatment Goals for the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District

• Maintain the historical integrity of the historic district.

• Continue to use the historic buildings in manners consistent with their historic character and that minimize major alterations.

• Utilize modern materials such as vinyl siding and aluminum in ways that maintain a building’s historic exterior appearance.

• Avoid intrusions into the historic district.

Design Standards for the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District

1. Contributing Site Features

• Orientation and access of buildings to Courthouse Bay

• Setbacks from shoreline

• Open spaces created by the shoreline setback

• Buildings parallel to one another with Courthouse Road between them

• Spacing between the buildings and Courthouse Road

• Bulkhead and dock along shoreline

Appropriate Treatments

• Retain the buildings’ original spatial arrangement in relation to one another, the shoreline, and the surrounding open spaces and Courthouse Road.

• Locate new construction outside the boundaries of the historic district.

2. Contributing Elements of Building Configuration and Orientation

• Central two-story section flanked by one-story wings

• Overall rectangular plan

• Flat roofs

• Symmetrical elevations

• Principal vehicle and pedestrian entrance bays located on end elevations perpendicular to shoreline

• Maintain elements that unify the historic district: common rooflines and shapes, scale, and external symmetry.

• Avoid additions or other alterations that disrupt the external symmetry of the two contributing buildings, especially along the end elevations containing entrances.

• New construction anywhere within the historic district should incorporate the treatments outlined in these Design Standards for the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District.

• Maintain the primary building approaches and entrances.

• Maintain consistency with respect to exterior alterations of the two contributing buildings.

3. Contributing Elements of Circulation

• Roadway pattern of Courthouse Road (parallel to buildings extending to shoreline) and access roads to north elevations of buildings (perpendicular to Courthouse Road)

• Maintain traditional characteristics of roadways and alignments.

4. Contributing Elements of Landscaping

Landscaping elements do not contribute to the National Register eligibility of the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District.

5. Contributing Elements of Building Exteriors

• Utilitarian, industrial building forms

• Symmetrical elevations composed of structural concrete bents

• Flat roofs

• Central two-story craneway with one-story side aisles

• Stuccoed exterior walls painted white

• Maintain building heights, roof shapes, roof lines, and exterior symmetries.

• Repair rather than replace wherever possible.

• Replacement elements should visually resemble the original elements.

• Maintain traditional wall materials and protect original wall fabric from damage or deterioration.

• Repair and replace concrete walling with material compatible with the original in color, size, texture, and surface pattern.

• Replacement materials should be compatible with originals in terms of visual qualities.

6. Contributing Characteristics of Wall Openings

• Placement within bays defined by structural concrete bents

• Banks of metal-framed industrial sash with fixed and pivoting awning windows

• Clerestory filled with fixed and pivoting industrial sash

• Five-panel wood and three-panel with four upper lights wood doors

• Vertically rolling garage doors in central craneways

• Maintain traditional spacing, size, and shapes of openings.

• Maintain traditional locations of entrances.

• When blocking openings, retain exterior door/window elements where possible. Where not possible, recess the infill to maintain consistent wall relief, in a material compatible with existing exterior walls.

• Retain and repair historical windows wherever possible.

• New windows or doors should maintain traditional size, relief, type and arrangement of lights, and color.

7. Contributing Characteristics of Building Interiors

The qualities of association and design that make the Assault Amphibian Base Historic District eligible for the National Register are expressed through external characteristics as discussed above.

• Alter interior spaces in ways that avoid changes to building exteriors.

CAMP GEIGER HISTORIC DISTRICT

MCB CAMP LEJEUNE

Significance of the Camp Geiger Historic District

Camp Geiger, originally known as Tent Camp, was the first section at Marine Corps Base Lejeune to be constructed beginning in April 1941. The tent camp was intended to house the 1st Marine Division while the division’s permanent facilities were being built at Hadnot Point. Tent Camp No.

1 consisted of seven north-south streets and six east-west streets laid out in a grid pattern. Sixteen blocks were designated for enlisted men’s tents and washrooms. Each canvas tent was 20 foot square with a pyramidal roof raised on a wooden platform. The tents were grouped into rows of eight. Nine rows of tents were grouped together on each block with five concrete-block washrooms.

Officers were to be housed in barracks on the west side of the camp but these buildings were not constructed until later. Three mess halls were built in the center of the camp, one for officers and two for enlisted men. In July of 1941 Tent Camp No. 1, the northern section of Camp Geiger was largely completed. Work began on design and construction of Tent Camp No. 2 in December of that year. The second tent camp became the southern section of Camp Geiger as the street grid pattern was simply extended south. The major difference between the two tent camps was that homosote huts were built for enlisted men in Tent Camp No. 2. This type of pre-fabricated construction continued to be used throughout the base.

Today the Chapel (TC601), built between late 1941 and 1942, is the only building remaining from the World War II era Tent Camps 1 and 2. It stands at what was originally the center of this encampment. The circular roadway marking the entrance to the encampment was built in the early 1950s in association with reconstruction of the encampment (using concrete block) and its renaming in honor of pioneering Marine aviator Gen. Roy Stanley Geiger (1885-1947). A flagpole and four monuments stand within the circle. The first honors Lance Corporal Julius C. Foster (1938-1968).

The second honors Marines who died in Lebanon between 1982 and 1984. The third memorializes the service of the 4th Marine Division, which fought on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima prior to its deactivation in November 1945. The fourth monument was erected in honor of General Geiger (1885-1947).

Treatment of Built Environment Categories

The Camp Geiger Historic District is a Category 2 resource because its contributing features possess sufficient significance, continuing or adaptive use potential, or other value to merit consideration for long-term preservation, and because they (a) can contribute to the interpretation of Camp Lejeune’s history but are not central to that interpretation; and (b) have potential for continuing or adaptive use.

The property should be subject to long-term preservation as long as its preservation does not impede the installation’s or activity’s mission, or require an unreasonably high expenditure of funds.

Adaptive uses for the property should be actively sought.

The following table lists the Chapel by building number and provides the Treatment of Built Environment Category.

CAMP GEIGER CHAPEL (TC601)

TC 601

Chapel

The following table enumerates the contributing Category 2 building within Camp Geiger listed by building number.

CAMP GEIGER CHAPEL (TC601)

TC 601

Treatment Goals for the Camp Geiger Chapel and Entrance Circle

• Maintain the historical integrity of the property.

• Continue to use the historic building in a manner consistent with its historic character and that minimizes major alterations.

• Utilize modern materials such as vinyl siding and aluminum in ways that maintain a building’s historic exterior appearance.

• Avoid intrusions into the open space between the Chapel and Circle.

Design Standards for the Camp Geiger Chapel and Entrance Circle

1. Contributing Site Features

• Orientation and access of chapel toward Camp Geiger

• Setbacks and open space within lot

• Circular entrance to Camp Geiger

• Open area between chapel and circle

• Four monuments within the circle

• Retain open spaces around the chapel and between the chapel and circular entrance.

• Locate new construction outside the boundaries of the historic property.

• Retain open spaces around and access to monuments in traffic circle

2. Contributing Elements of Building Configuration and Orientation

• One-story cruciform-plan building

• Gable roofs on chapel, foyer, and porches

• Centrally placed cupola over foyer at main east entrance

• Primary entrance on east with secondary entrance on the south transept.

• Avoid additions or other alterations that disrupt the external symmetry.

• Maintain the formal building approaches and entrances.

• Maintain consistency with respect to exterior alterations.

• Circular entrance to Camp Geiger between Sixth and Seventh Streets.

• Maintain traditional characteristics of roadways and alignments.

• Open space between chapel and circular drive

• Open space surrounding chapel with magnolia, yew, and holly

• Spatial relationships among the monuments in the entrance circle

• Maintain landscape treatments and amounts of open space.

5. Contributing Elements of Building Exteriors

• One-story with cruciform plan

• Gable roofs on chapel, foyer, and porches

• Concrete slab foundation

• Drop siding painted white

• Maintain building heights, roof shapes, rooflines, and exterior symmetries.

• Replacement elements should visually resemble the original elements.

• New vinyl siding and aluminum elements should maintain the building’s historic exterior appearance and be compatible with original in terms of visual qualities.

• Symmetrical wall openings

• Double doors at both east and south entrances

• Fixed sash windows with cruciform pattern inserts in chapel proper

• One-over-one sash in foyer

• When blocking openings, recess the infill to maintain consistent wall relief, in a material compatible with existing exterior walls.

• New vinyl or metal windows or fiberglass or metal doors should maintain traditional appearance.

7. Contributing Characteristics of Interior

• Traditional division of interior space into narthex, nave and chancel.

• Alter interior spaces in ways that avoid changes to building exterior.

BUILDINGS 1, 15, 16, 17, 19, 235, AND 236 COMMAND SERVICES

COMMAND SERVICES/REGIMENTAL AREA NO. 3 HISTORIC DISTRICT

MCB CAMP LEJEUNE

Significance of the Command Services, Command Services/Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District

Command Services describes the activities and functions required for the administration, operation, and maintenance of a military installation. Host commands in charge of the overall operation of the base provide tenant commands with administration, supply, social services, and housing, enabling the tenants to carry out their missions. Reflecting the military command hierarchy, Command Services buildings typically consisted of larger structures compared with their regimental and battalion counterparts, and incorporated architectural embellishments to proclaim further their leadership roles.

Hadnot Point became the administrative hub of Camp Lejeune in late 1942 when the Post Command moved into the Base Headquarters, Building 1. Indicative of its importance in the base hierarchy, the Base Headquarters was sited at the physical center of the base and built using an appropriate architectural scale and massing to reinforce its position within the military hierarchy. The neighboring Infirmary also displays elaborate architectural embellishment and a prominent location as the Naval Medical Corps’ principal Hadnot Point regimental area structure. The Protestant Chapel, the Catholic Chapel, the Base Theater, and the Bus Station, providing more support-oriented social services, reflect their base-wide importance through massing, architectural finish, and location. Despite their individuality, the six buildings’ significance most strongly relates to their historical associated functions as part of Command Services at Camp Lejeune. Collectively, the six buildings significantly represent and document the physical manifestation of the Marine Corps’ command hierarchy and the range of services required to administer, operate, and supply social services to a large-scale military base. As a result, the Command Services Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District is eligible for listing in the National Register as a “Service/Support Facility” within the historic context “Command Services.”

Treatment of Built Environment Categories

The Command Services/Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District as a whole is a Category 1 resource worthy of long-term preservation and investment because it possesses a very high degree of integrity of location, design, workmanship, materials, setting, feeling, and association, and because it (a) possesses central importance in defining and maintaining the historic and architectural character of a significant aspect of MCB Camp Lejeune; (b) has outstanding architectural characteristics; (c) has unusual importance for the interpretation of military organization; (d) represents a major investment of resources that should not be wasted if such waste can be avoided; (e) has considerable potential for continuing or adaptive reuse by the Marine Corps; and (f) is highly valued by MCB Camp Lejeune and the Marine community.

The following table lists the buildings contributing to the historic district by building number, and provides the Treatment of Built Environment Category for each building.

COMMAND SERVICES

COMMAND SERVICES/REGIMENTAL AREA NO. 3 HISTORIC DISTRICT

FOR CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

Base Headquarters

Administration

Infirmary

Medical Clinic

Base Theater

Theater

235 Bus Station Bus Station 1

Training Pool

The following two tables enumerate the contributing buildings composing Category 1 and Category 2 buildings, respectively, listed by building number.

COMMAND SERVICES

COMMAND SERVICES/REGIMENTAL AREA NO. 3 HISTORIC DISTRICT

TREATMENT OF BUILT ENVIRONMENT CATEGORY 1 BUILDINGS

LISTED BY BUILDING NO.

Base

Infirmary

Medical Clinic

Base Theater

Theater

235 Bus Station Bus Station 1

COMMAND SERVICES

COMMAND SERVICES/REGIMENTAL AREA NO. 3 HISTORIC DISTRICT

LISTED BY BUILDING NO.

The Command Services/Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District’s significance derives most strongly from the interrelated historical service and support functions of its individual contributing resources. The six contributing buildings constituting the district stand as the principal elements on their lots, and feature a variety of building forms, design, materials, and architectural embellishment that denote their function and position within the military hierarchy. The resources’ visual continuity is not a factor in their historic significance because the buildings are geographically separate and the intervening space lacks significance. As the district’s significance relates more to the combined individual significance of its constituent parts, design standards and treatment guidelines should focus on the preservation of the historical associations of the district’s individual components rather than the external visual characteristics of the entire district. Thus, this management plan outlines individual design standards and treatment guidelines for each of the six buildings contributing to the Command Services Historic District.

Treatment Goals for Contributing Historic Properties, Command Services, Command Services/Regimental Area No. 3 Historic District

• Maintain the historical integrity of the historic properties.

• Continue to use the historic buildings in manners consistent with their historic character and that minimize major alterations.

• Utilize modern materials in ways that maintain a building’s historic exterior appearance.

• Avoid intrusions onto the historic properties.

BUILDING 1, BASE HEADQUARTERS

Design Standards for Building 1

1. Contributing Site Features

• Orientation parallel to Holcomb Boulevard

• Setbacks from Holcomb Boulevard, Main Service Road, Post Lane

• Open spaces created by the setbacks

• Semicircular formal drive from Holcomb Boulevard to the Headquarters southeast elevation

• Retain the building’s original spatial arrangement with respect to the surrounding open spaces and to Holcomb Boulevard, Main Service Road, and Post Lane.

• Locate new construction outside the boundaries of the historic property.

2. Contributing Elements of Building Configuration and Orientation

• Two-story U-shaped plan with one-story central rear wing

• Overall E-shaped plan

• Hipped roofs

• Symmetrical elevations

• Formal entrance centrally located on southeast elevation facing the semicircular drive and

Holcomb Boulevard

• Ornamented secondary entrances on southwest and northeast elevations

• Maintain the building’s roof lines and shapes, scale, and external symmetry.

• Avoid additions or other alterations that disrupt the external symmetry of the building, especially along its southeast elevation.

• Maintain the formal and secondary building approaches and entrances.

• Maintain consistency with respect to exterior alterations of the building.

• Roadway pattern of Holcomb Boulevard, Main Service Road, and Post Lane

• Semicircular drive leading from Holcomb Boulevard to formal southeast elevation

• Sidewalks parallel and perpendicular to Holcomb Boulevard, Main Service Road, Post Lane, and the semicircular drive

• Maintain traditional characteristics of roadway and sidewalk alignments.

• Lawns surrounding the building

• Landscaped area surrounding flagpole placed in center of half-moon island formed by Holcomb

Boulevard and semicircular drive

• Retain existing lawns and landscaping to greatest extent possible.

• Colonial Georgian Revival style

• Symmetrical fenestration

• Raised concrete foundation

• Hipped roof

• Five-to-one common bond brick exterior

• Cast stone “USMC” medallions on southeast elevation

• Cast stone belt course

• Octagonal cupola

• Molded cornice

• Maintain building’s height, roof shapes and lines, and exterior symmetries.

• Protect original wall fabric from damage or deterioration.

• Replacement materials should be compatible with original in terms of visual qualities.

• Central three-bay-wide recessed entry with two cast stone square columns and broad stoop composing the southeast elevation’s formal entrance

• Six-light transom over the formal entrance

• Fluted-panel cast stone spandrels between windows

• Cast stone lintels and sills when spandrels are absent

• Secondary entrances with cast stone surrounds and stoops

• Horizontal panel doors with upper lights

• Multiple-light sliding sash window units

• When blocking openings, recess the infill to maintain consistent wall relief, in a material compatible with existing exterior walls.

• Replacement windows or doors should maintain traditional size, relief, type and arrangement of lights, and color.

7. Contributing Characteristics of Building Interior

Much of the Headquarters’ original interior fabric either has been removed or is located within areas not typically subject to public viewing. Contributing characteristics of the Headquarters’ interior located in public areas of the first- and second-story lobbies include:

• Molded wood door and windows surrounds

• Paneled wainscoting

• Fluted pilasters and entablatures surrounding entrances to adjacent hallways

• Terrazzo floor

• Cove ceiling

• Maintain the original fabric of the first- and second-story public lobbies.

• Alter interior spaces in ways that avoid changes to the building’s exterior.

BUILDING 15, INFIRMARY

Design Standards for Building 15

1. Contributing Site Features

• Orientation parallel to Holcomb Boulevard

• Setbacks from Holcomb Boulevard, Post Lane, and Lucy Brewer Avenue

• Open spaces created by the setbacks

• Semicircular formal drive from Holcomb Boulevard to the southeast elevation spaces and Holcomb Boulevard, Post Lane, and Lucy Brewer Avenue.

• Locate new construction outside the boundaries of the historic property.

2. Contributing Elements of Building Configuration and Orientation

• Two-story U-shaped plan

• Hipped roof

• Symmetrical fenestration

• Formal entrance centrally located on the southeast elevation facing the semicircular drive and

• Ornamented secondary entrances on the southwest and southeast elevations

• Maintain the building’s roof lines and shape, scale, and external symmetry.

• Avoid additions or other alterations that disrupt the external symmetry of the building, especially along its southeast elevation.

• Roadway pattern of Holcomb Boulevard, Post Lane, and Lucy Brewer Avenue

• Semicircular drive leading from Holcomb Boulevard to formal southeast elevation

• Sidewalks parallel and perpendicular to Holcomb Boulevard, Post Lane, Lucy Brewer Avenue, and the semicircular drive

• Lawns surrounding the building

• Grass island with flagpole between Holcomb Boulevard and semicircular drive

• Retain existing lawns to greatest extent possible.

• Neocolonial and Colonial Georgian Revival style

• Raised concrete foundation

• Symmetrical fenestration

• Hipped roofs

• Five-to-one common bond brick exterior

• Brick corbeled quoins and dentils

• Two-story, three-bay-wide portico protecting southeast elevation’s formal entrance

• Octagonal cupola

• Round arch vent dormers

• Molded wood cornice

• Maintain building’s height, roof shapes and roof lines, and exterior symmetries.

• Replace walling with material compatible with the original in color, size, texture, and surface pattern.

• Southeast elevation’s central portico composed of four large wooden tuscan columns atop stone plinths supporting a broad entablature with dentiled cornice, gabled pediment, and four engaged columns

• Southeast elevation’s entrance featuring fixed diamond-light transom and cat stone broken pediment and surround

• Southeast elevation entrance’s cast stone, pink terrazzo, and concrete stoop

• Round arch keystone surrounds on secondary entrances

• Wrought iron handrails with flower petal motifs on formal and secondary entrances

• Cast stone keystone lintels and sills in window openings

• Wooden four-over-four and six-over-six sliding sash window units

• When blocking openings, recess the infill to maintain consistent wall relief, in a material compatible with existing exterior walls.

• Replacement windows or doors should maintain traditional size, relief, type and arrangement of lights, and color.

7. Contributing Characteristics of Interiors

Much of the Infirmary’s original interior fabric either has been removed or is located within areas not typically subject to public viewing. Contributing characteristics of the Infirmary’s interior located in public areas of the first-story lobby include:

• Terrazzo floor

• Tile wainscoting

• Tile door and elevator surrounds

• Maintain the original fabric of the first-story lobby.

BUILDING 16, PROTESTANT CHAPEL

Design Standards for Building 16

1. Contributing Site Features

• Orientation facing Main Service Road

• Setback from Main Service Road

• Open space created by the setback space and Main Service Road.

• Locate new construction outside the boundaries of the historic property.

2. Contributing Elements of Building Configuration and Orientation

• Gable front orientation

• One story

• Overall rectangular plan

• Gable roof

• Symmetrical fenestration

• Side elevations featuring brick buttresses

• Formal entrance centrally located on the southwest elevation facing Main Service Road

• Secondary entrances located in the southwest bays of the side elevations

• Avoid additions or other alterations that disrupt the building’s external symmetry, especially along its southwest and side elevations.

• Roadway pattern of Main Service Road

• Sidewalk patterns parallel and perpendicular to the Chapel

• Lawns and scattered trees surrounding the Chapel

• Retain existing lawns and trees to greatest extent possible.

• Gothic Revival and Colonial Georgian Revival styles

• Raised concrete foundation

• Square belfry

• Side elevations defined by brick buttresses with concrete capped shoulders

• Gable roof

• Stretcher bond brick exterior

• Molded wood cornice

• Pedimented southwest gable peak with circular window

• Partial returns both gable ends

• Maintain building’s height, roof shapes and lines, and exterior symmetries.

• Protect original wall fabric from damage or deterioration.

• Replace walling with material compatible with the original in color, size, texture, and

• Formal southwest entrance features ornate broken pediment surround, and segmental arch stained glass transom

• Secondary entrances on side elevations feature corbeled surround and large rectangular stained glass transom

• Side elevation window openings feature cast stone sills and round-arch keystone lintels

• Tripartite Palladian-type window with corbeled surround and cast stone ornament in northeast gable peak

• Wooden multiple-light sliding sash window units in smaller openings

• When blocking openings, recess the infill to maintain consistent wall relief, in a material compatible with existing exterior walls.

• Replacement windows or doors should maintain traditional size, relief, type and arrangement of lights, and color.

7. Contributing Characteristics of Interiors

• Stained glass windows with brick surrounds

• Maintain the stained glass windows.

BUILDING 17, CATHOLIC CHAPEL

Design Standards for Building 17

• Orientation facing Main Service Road

• Setback from Main Service Road

• Open spaces created by the setback spaces and Main Service Road.

• Locate new construction outside the boundaries of the historic property.

• Gable front orientation

• One story

• Overall rectangular plan

• Symmetrical fenestration

• Side elevations featuring brick buttresses

• Principal entrance located in three-bay-wide and one-bay deep pavilion crowned by octagonal bell tower centrally placed along southwest elevation

• Secondary entrances in side elevations of pavilion

• Avoid additions or other alterations that disrupt the building’s external symmetry, especially along its southwest and side…