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In order to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act (Public Law 89-665), the National Environmental Policy Act (Public Law 91-190), and Executive Order 11593 (Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural Environment), the Atlanta Office of the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service contracted with Geo-Recon International (GRI) to provide a literature search and cultural resource survey of the Harry Diamond Laboratories Field Test Facility located at Blossom Point in Charles...
Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command, Environment Assessment, Fiscal Year 1980, Relocation of the Ballast House at Blossom Point, Maryland (1979)
The proposed action is in response to the threat that the bank supporting the Ballast House, on the edge of the Nanjemoy Creek, may collapse and dump the historic structure into the water. The Ballast House is located on the southernmost tip of Cedar Point Neck. The bluff on which the house stands rises approximately thirty feet above the level of the water. The bank is unprotected from both wind and water erosion. Noticeable bank erosion first occurred in 1975 and a precarious position for the...
Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command, Environmental Impact Assessment, Land Acquisition at Blossom Point, Maryland, MCA Project, Fiscal Year 1979 (1977)
This project is for the purchase of land in Blossom Point, Maryland which is currently leased by the Government for use by the Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL) as a field test area, part of which is utilized through an out-grant from HDL to the Navy for use by the Navy as a communication station to contact earth satellites. The property owners do not wish to continue this lease, therefore the Government in consideration of the cost and factors involved in clearing the land of unexploded...
Determination of Eligibility Notification from the National Register of Historic Preservation, Ballast House at Blossom Point (1979)
Determination of Eligibility of Notification from the National Register of Historic Preservation, Ballast House at Blossom Point. The Secretary of the Interior has determined that this property is Eligible. Also includes correspondence from the Keeper of the National Register to Col. Clifton R. Goodwin responding to the request for determination of eligibility.
Disposition Form and Purchase Request from Harry Diamond Laboratories for the Public Notice of the Impact of the Ballast House Relocation (1979)
DA Form 2496 (Disposition Form) from the Environmental Coordinator, Harry Diamond Laboratories with the purchase request for "Public Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact on the Environment". Included is the recommendation for sole source procurement.
Disposition Form from Harry Diamond Laboratories to Robert Chase, Environmental Assessment for Relocation of Ballast House, Blossom Point, MD (1979)
Disposition Form from the Environmental Coordinator, Harry Diamond Laboratories to Robert Chase in regards to the environmental assessment for relocation of Ballast House, Blossom Point, MD. A second disposition form to the Commander, Harry Diamond Laboratories from the Environmental Coordinator included which also mentions the relocation of Ballast House, Blossom Point, MD.
Disposition Form from Harry Diamond Laboratories to Unknown Recipient, Minor Construction Project Package (1979)
Disposition form (poor quality) discussing transmittal of the Minor Construction Project Package for the relocation of the Ballast House at Blossom Point.
Disposition Form from Harry Diamond Laboratories, Ballast House Relocation (1979)
DA Form 2496 (Disposition Form) from Emerson G. Gray, Environmental Coordinator, Harry Diamond Laboratories to a Commander "S. Marcus", in regards to the relocation of the Ballast House at Blossom Point, Maryland.
Disposition Forms, Memoranda, and Related Certificate of Compliance for Ballast House from Harry Diamond Laboratories (1979)
Disposition forms, memoranda, and certification of compliance for the relocation of the historic Ballast House FY-80 exigent minor construction.
Disposition Forms, Support Agreement Form, Advisory Council Memorandum of Agreement, and Department of the Army Memorandum (1982)
The disposition forms, along with the support agreement forms, all reference the correspondence between the Chief, the Deputy Executive Director, and the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and Col. Goodwin, commander of the Harry Diamond Laboratories at the time. The documents of reference were written in 1979.
Email from Eleanor Demasco to Gary Buschling and Clara Bennett for Review of Street Light Project (1997)
Email asking for input into the Environmental and Historic Preservation section of a report to the NCPC for approval of the street light project along Floral Drive at the Adelphi Laboratory Center.
Engineering Study: Bank Erosion Protection, Blossom Point, Maryland, Harry Diamond Laboratories (1978)
This report examines the alternative methods of slope protection to check the erosion of the existing bank at Blossom Point. This erosion, if permitted to continue, will result in damage and eventual collapse of an existing structure at the top of the bank known as the Ballast House. Alternative solutions, permit information, and recommendations are discussed in this report.
Estimates from the Expert House Movers Inc. to the Harry Diamond Laboratories (1977)
Handwritten estimates for the movement of the Ballast House and its foundation.
Fax from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Invitation for Bids for the Blossom Point Farm House (1991)
A fax of an invitation for bids for the purchase and removal of the Blossom Point Farm House (Ballast House). It details the date, location and inspection, title and risk of loss, special instructions to bidders, advertising, notification of work completion, and covenant.
Fax from US Army Adelphi Laboratory Center to the US Navy, Proposed Guard Station (1997)
Transmittal letter and map regarding the proposed site of a guard station.
Fax Transmittal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District to Adelphi Laboratory Center, Draft Invitation to Bid (1991)
A portion of a fax from the Special Projects Branch, Real Estate Division to the facilities of the Adelphi Laboratory Center in regard to a draft publication of the invitation for bids (IFB). Enclosed is the publication and a transmittal sheet with notes to Clara Bennett to review for the publication.
Harry Diamond Laboratories Cultural Resource Management Plan including Adelphi Laboratory Center, Blossom Point Field Test Facility, and Woodbridge Research Facility (1991)
Harry Diamond Laboratories (HDL) is the largest laboratory in the US Army Laboratory Command (LABCOM), which is a major subordinate command of the US Army Materiel Command (AMC). HDL serves as the lead facility for the study of fluidics, nuclear-effects technology research, and the development of electronic fuzing for projectiles and missiles. The Adelphi Laboratory Center, comprising 136.68 acres, is located in Adelphi, Maryland, a northeast suburb of Washington, DC. Adelphi serves as the...
Historic Properties Report: Harry Diamond Laboratories, Maryland and Satellite Installations, Woodbridge Research Facility, Virginia and Blossom Point Field Test Facility, Maryland (1984)
This report presents the results of an historic properties survey of Harry Diamond Laboratories, Adelphi, Maryland and satellite installations Woodbridge Research Facility, Woodbridge, Virginia, and Blossom Point Field Test Facility, Blossom Point, Maryland. Prepared for the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (DARCOM), the report is intended to assist the Army in bringing these installations into compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and its...
LABCOM Summary Sheet from Directorate of Facilities Engineering to Colonel Stephen H. Young, Memorandum of Agreement (1990)
A summary sheet requesting the approval and signature on Maryland SHPO letter regarding the new Memorandum of Agreement for the Blossom Point Farmhouse, Blossom Point Field Test Facility. Also included is a letter from Kise Franks & Straw to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District regarding the Blossom Point Marketing Plan.
LABCOM Summary Sheet from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering to Colonel Stephen H. Young, Blossom Point Farm House (1990)
A summary sheet detailing the current status of the Ballast House and an agreement of participation from the Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District about a contract for an archaeological survey of the Ballast House. Also included is an attached routing and transmittal slip to Mr. Stuart Marcus regarding the review of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Blossom Point Farmhouse.
LABCOM Summary Sheet from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering to Colonel Stephen H. Young, Memorandum of Agreement for the Blossom Point Farm House (1990)
A summary sheet with an enclosed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the US Army, Adelphi Laboratory Center, the Maryland State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation regarding the Blossom Point Farm House. The MOA was signed by Colonel Stephen H. Young on 5 September 1990.
LABCOM Summary Sheet on Blossom Point Farm House (1990)
A summary sheet regarding the final report and a meeting for the planning of the final outcome of the Blossom Point Farm House.
Letter from Adelphi Laboratory Center to Kise, Franks and Straw and Memorandum (1991)
A memorandum to Kise, Franks & Straw from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering providing site plans and a final report for the Blossom Point Farmhouse. The memorandum provides information on the marketing/disposal of the Blossom Point Farmhouse, Blossom Point Field Test Facility.
Letter and Response from Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Maryland Historical Trust, Environmental Assessment (1991)
Multiple letters from the Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Maryland Historical Trust and from the Maryland Historical Trust in reference to the Environmental Assessment that was prepared and completed for the relocation/salvage of the Ballast House. Following the letters is a memorandum for the Commander of the US Army Materiel Command in reference to the Environmental Assessment.
Letter from Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Maryland Historical Trust with News Release (1991)
A letter from the Directorate of Facilities Engineering at Adelphi Laboratory Center to the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer of the Maryland Historical Trust in reference to the environmental assessment conducted by the US Army Laboratory Command. Also included is a facsimile with a transmittal sheet and a news release entitled "environmental assessment finds no significant impact in environment."