Bandelier Historic Structure Report: CCC Buildings

THE BUILDINGS (continued)

B-12, Storage Building

This building (figures 86-88) was constructed in 1937 as a work space for the CCC carpentry crew. [124] In 1939 the custodian assigned the building to Mrs. Frey, the concessioner, for use as a storage building. [125] In 1941, plans were drawn to turn the southeast end of the building into a laundry room for Frijoles Canyon Lodge. These plans included the addition of a frame partition and cabinets, and changes in wiring and plumbing to accommodate washers and hot-water heaters. A skylight was also included on the plan to help light the newly partitioned room, but it may not have been constructed. The plans also called for 4-inch steel wire eyebolts to be cemented into the walls of B-12 and the adjacent B-16 to hold six 3/16-inch galvanized twisted clothesline. The partitioned room was further divided into two additional spaces at some time in recent years, but the individual building data sheet did not record a date. An incompatible concrete block addition was tacked on the northwest corner of the building in recent years, but the date of its construction was also not recorded. Rotted vigas have also been replaced and plywood attached over the shiplap ceiling. The building received a foam roof in 1981.

Richard W. Thompson designed the building. The 1941 alterations were designed by Lyle Bennett.

Figure 86. Plans for the storage building (B-12), 1937 (drawing 315/2027, sheet 1).

Figure 87. B-12, the storage building, was constructed in 1937 as a work space for the CCC carpentry crew. Mrs. Frey later used the building as a laundry. This photographs depicts the building shortly after its construction and before its receipt of plaster coat. (Photo: Bandelier)

Figure 88. In 1982 the storage building looked much the way it looked in the 1930s. (Photo: Harrison for NPS)