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to have covered the entire town. No project-specific inventory was conducted for the
State Route 196 connector. 9
Buildings and structures in the NASB and its satellite facilities in Brunswick and
Topsham were surveyed in 1995–1996 by Louis Berger Associates. 10 A Phase IA
archeological-resource study also was conducted, which is discussed in Subsection
2.4.2.2. The report concluded that only three pre-1946 resources (i.e., three earthcovered
steel magazines from 1943) met the NRHC Criterion C for eligibility. The
remaining pre-1946 resources were not recommended as eligible due to a
demonstrable lack of significance and integrity. A series of buildings and structures
that were not yet 50 years old was recommended as potentially eligible once they
reached the age of 50 years. The facility was subjected to additional historic
architectural and archaeological investigations in the past year. The historic
architectural investigation, which was completed in May 2010, concluded that only a
series of ammunition magazines were additionally determined eligible for the
National Register of Historic Places. 11 The Phase I archaeological investigations were
completed in 2009 and 2010; MHPC does not have a final report on that work yet, but
another 15 sites or so were found. The total for both 2009 and 2010 Phase I
investigations was 35 sites, about evenly split between prehistoric and historic. The
earliest prehistoric site is Paleoindian. Most of the historic sites are mid-19 th century.
Of those 35 sites, 27 are potentially NR eligible, and will need Phase II archaeological
work, an NR determination, and maybe other work in advance of construction. All of
the site protection and future work will be incorporated into a Programmatic
Agreement, and a “covenant” that will bind future owners and run with the
property. 12
Mapping of previously inventoried and listed properties was completed in GIS and
is shown in Figure 2-13. The boundaries of existing NRHP historic districts and
individual properties shown in the figure were based on maps provided in the
respective NRHP nominations. The dates of NRHP listings came from the National
Register Information System of the National Park Service. The location of
individually inventoried properties shown in the same figure was based on U.S.
Geological Survey quadrangles included with the inventory form or through
identification of an approximate location using the address provided on the form.
Table 2.4-1 identifies properties in both Brunswick and Topsham that are listed in the
NRHP. Table 2.4-2 identifies properties that were previously inventoried but not
necessarily evaluated for their NRHP eligibility.
9
Christi Mitchell, MHPC, personal communication, December 7, 2009.
10 The satellite facilities are the East Brunswick Remote Transmitter Site and the McKeen Housing Complex, Brunswick;
the Topsham Annex, Topsham; and the Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape School in Redington.
11 Kirk Mohney, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, MHPC/communication to Rita Walsh, VHB, 9-23-2010.
12 Dr. Arthur Spiess, Senior Archaeologist, MHPC/communication to Rita Walsh, VHB, 9-23-2010.
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