GDG- Preservation: Rebuilding demolished houses?

[Chuck May]

Tom,

What about putting up just a frame to indicate that a building had been
there, without filling in the details?


Chuck May
Gettysburg PA
ChuckMay at may-engineering.com
http://www.may-engineering.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of Tom Ryan
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 3:31 PM
To: GDG
Subject: RE: GDG- Preservation: Rebuilding demolished houses?

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


<<I'm pretty sure everyone has a little different idea of preservation, but
there are at least 3 significant farmhouses on the field that are now
(mostly) gone:  Bliss, Timbers and McPherson.  What is the NPS (or others)
view on rebuilding these houses and outbuildings?>>

As Jim said earlier, the NPS position is not to rebuild those places already
gone.  I would think that is a financial decision, since the cost would be
quite steep.  However, one consideration would be a public-private
partnership similar to what was done with the new VC.