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Evans AreaThe Evans Area, in what is today Wall Township, N.J., consisted ofsome 253 acres about 15 minutes from Fort Monmouth. Prior to WWI,the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America established atransatlantic radio receiving station there. In addition to a number oftall antenna masts, which have long since disappeared, the MarconiCompany, in 1914, constructed a 45-room brick hotel for unmarriedemployees and two brick houses for company officials. Their red tileroofs make these buildings easily identifiable by air. The Armypurchased the site in 1941 for Field Laboratory #3, the radio positionfinding section of the Signal Corps Labs, which at the time wasstationed at Fort Hancock (on Sandy Hook). This laboratory handledthe Army's top-secret radar projects. Apart from the Marconi Hotel,houses, an operations building, and a small redbrick laboratorybuilding, most of the buildings in the Evans Area, including acollection of radar antenna shelters, date from the World War II era.The 1993 Base Realignment andClosure (BRAC) mandate thatclosed the Evans Area for theDepartment of the Army had ascheduled completion date of 1998.The transfer process, however,continued into 2007.Today, the Evans Area is listed onthe National Register of HistoricPlaces. The National Park ServiceEvans Areaapproved 37 acres of land and historic buildings for use by Infoage, agroup of cooperating non-profit organizations “dedicated to the preservationand education of information age technologies.” This groupseeks “to develop an interactive learning center focused on theinformation age technologies at historic Camp Evans.” They aim toinspire people of all ages to learn from the past and improve the future.Brookdale Community College also claims land in the Evans Area,utilizing several renovated buildings as classrooms for the New JerseyCoastal “Communiversity.”The Evans Area memorializes LTC Paul W. Evans, who commanded the101st Field Signal Battalion in World War I during the Champagne-Marne,Aisne-Marne, and St. Mihiel operations. LTC Evans died in the CanalZone on April 10, 1936 while on duty as Department Signal Officer. cxxix41/42 .
End Notesi“Fort Monmouth and BRAC FAQ,” Fort Monmouth Public Webpage,http://www.monmouth.army.mil/C4ISR/faqs.htm.iiFor more information on the Monmouth Park Racetrack, see Melissa Ziobro,“”Fort Monmouth and the Jersey Derby,” Fort Monmouth HistoricalOffice.com, Spring 2005, http://www.monmouth.army.mil/historian/pubupdates/Fort_Monmouth_and_the_Jersey_Derby.pdf.iiiRichard Bingham, “Fort Monmouth, New Jersey: A Concise History.” FortMonmouth, NJ: Communications-Electronics Command, 2002; Pike andVogel, Eatontown, 80; PASSING OF MONMOUTH PARK.; Once FamousRace Course of Jersey Cut Up Into Building Lots. Special to The New YorkTimes. New York Times (1857-Current file). New York, N.Y.: Apr 10, 1910. p.6 (1 page); An Archeological Overview and Management Plan for FortMonmouth (Main Post), Camp Charles Wood and the Evans Area, 1984.ivStenographic record of interview with COL Carl F. Hartmann, Signal CorpsRetired, 26 October 1955 in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer; AnArcheological Overview and Management Plan for Fort Monmouth (MainPost), Camp Charles Wood and the Evans Area, 1984; Historical PropertiesReport, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and Sub installations Charles Wood Areaand Evans Area, July 1983.vOffice Memorandum Number 64, Office of the Chief Signal Officer, dated 6August 1925.viArthur S. Cowan biography file; program from dedication ceremony;Memorialization and Tradition Committee, Fort Monmouth Box 1: 1945-1949,folder “Landmarks and Place Names 1945-1962.”viiWilliam H. Dean biography file. See also Memorialization and TraditionCommittee, Fort Monmouth Box 1: 1945-1949, folder “Landmarks and PlaceNames 1945-1962.”viiiHenry Dunwoody biography file; see also Memorialization and TraditionCommittee, Fort Monmouth Box 1: 1945-1949, folder “Landmarks and PlaceNames 1945-1962.”ixSee Memorialization and Tradition Committee, Fort Monmouth Box 1: 1945-1949, folder “Landmarks and Place Names 1945-1962.”xA.W. Greely biography file; Memorialization and Tradition Committee, FortMonmouth Box 4: 1954-1960, folder “Spanish American War reunion.”xiSources conflict: he assumed command either December 15th or 16th. JohnE. Hemphill biography file. See also Memorialization and TraditionCommittee, Fort Monmouth Box 1: 1945-1949, folder “Landmarks and PlaceNames 1945-1962.”xiiECOM Information Office, “Release #31170643 (Clean up of Husky BrookPond),” 3 November 1970.xiiiH.R. Jagger biography file. The Historical Office has very little information
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