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DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Ferguson.

In July of 2011, Westover Air Reserve Base (ARB) submitted to The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) a Determination of Eligibility (DOE) for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for the base's historic resources (i.e. buildings, structures, and landscape features over 50 years of age). This DOE revised a previous survey of the base conducted in 1995. In the revised DOE, Westover ARB concluded that the base did not constitute a historic district as previously determined by the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara Donohue. Martin Dudek. Sheila Charles. Deena Duranleau. Dawn Lassman. Thomas Mailhot. Tim Mancl. Michael Roberts. Alan Smith. Kate Farnham. Eric Metzger.

Archeological Site Examinations Conducted for 26 Sites at the Birch Hill Dam Reservoir Area in the Towns of Royalston, Templeton and Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts At the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (Corps), John Milner Associates, Inc., (JMA) conducted National Historic Preservation Act Section 110 archaeological compliance site evaluations on Corps fee-title land in the New England District's Birch Hill Dam Reservoir Area in Royalston,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter A. Thomas.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only John S. Wilson. Marie L. Bourassa.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah C. Cox.

The Westover Air Force Base archaeological reconnaissance survey has provided an opportunity to assess archaeological sensitivity of a large tract of land that offers variable ecological resources. Background research and a walkover survey enabled the researchers to classify areas of the Air Force Base on a six-point scale according to their degree of archaeological sensitivity. Areas of moderate to high sensitivity are recommended for further archaeological investigation if any construction or...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter A. Thomas.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Louise M. DeCesare.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert E. Reams.

The United States Air Force (USAF) at the Westover Air Reserve Base had the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) conduct a series of small Phase I surveys through a cooperative agreement between the two agencies. Previous research on the base has identified several areas that were considered to potentially contain sites eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Due to need to clear trees that hinder the flight patterns of the bases’ planes, and the need to construct a softball field to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Kováčik.

The Chicopee Brook Wetland 2 Site (19-HD-337) lies about 200 m west of Chicopee Brook in the town of Monson, south-central Massachusetts. Various artifacts including chipping debris, bifaces, projectile points, one scraper and one utilized flake were recovered at this campsite. Two Neville projectile points indicate a Middle Archaic Period (ca. 8000–5000 BP) occupation (Heather Olson, personal communication October 9, 2014). Three charcoal samples from three different features were submitted for...

DOCUMENT Citation Only John S. Wilson. Patrice Teltser. Jeffrey Kao.

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Survey at the Springfield Armory for Dana Linck (NPS), Louana Lackey and Richard Sacchi (American University).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Denise Mowchan. Deborah Cox.

In October 1988, an intensive level archaeological survey was conducted at the Small Arms Range on the Westover Air Force Base (WAFB) in the town of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. performed this survey under contract with IEP, Inc. and the Army Corps of Engineers, New England Division. This survey was conducted in compliance with Federal Legislation pertaining to historic preservation, the purpose being to locate and identify any archaeological resources within...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas S. Byers. Irving Rouse.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald G. Jones. Sally Pendleton. Nicole A. Missio.

A cultural resources reconnaissance survey was conducted of the Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts. The cultural resources survey was conducted by the Office of Public Archaeology at Boston University for Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts, and Law Environmental of Georgia. The survey included an archaeological reconnaissance survey with limited subsurface testing and an architectural survey. During the archaeological survey, 173 shovel test pits were...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Anonymous.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Westover Air Reserve Base.

The Westover 2000 Plan is a presentation of Westover Air Reserve Base development and facility improvements. It refines and updates the Base Comprehensive Plan. The plan outlines Westover's long and proud heritage and provides a strategy for the future.It integrates the long-range planning goals of the Air Force Reserve and provides a matrix for decision making in preparing for the next century. This plan assisted in the Base Realignment and Closure reviews to consolidate under one cover the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Office of Public Archaeology at Boston University.

Based on the results of the data review, four recorded prehistoric sites and one reported historical site were identified within or adjacent to the Westover Air Reserve Base and 34 World War II era buildings and 4 Cold War era buildings (one of which is also a World War II era building) were identified as being potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. One of the Cold War era buildings (Building 1900, the Air Force Special Projects Facility) has been previously...

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The purpose of the Westover Air Reserve Base ARB Historic Core Area Development Plan is to thoughtfully reestablish the symbolic historic core as the center of activity and identity for the base. In doing so, land use patterns will be organized for future development, while both functionality and visual character within this area will also be improved. In essence, the plan aims to instill a “ sense of place” in the historic heart of Westover ARB. This resource also includes an updated...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John Ferguson.

This report documents the evaluation of significance and integrity and the determination of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility for resources (i.e. buildings, structures, and landscape features over 50 years of age) at Westover Air Reserve Base (ARB) in Massachusetts per the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Evaluation and 36 CFR Part 63. This report is submitted to the Massachusetts State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) in compliance with §106 of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rachel Kline.

This report is a survey and assessment of the curation of the Westover Air Reserve Base (Westover ARB) archival collection and provides recommendations and alternatives for the repository of the collection. Currently, the Westover ARB archival collection is housed at The Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL) in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Westover ARB is interested in evaluating the curation standards of the current repository and their consistency with federally owned and administered curation...