GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS Alfred Reagan House and Tub Mill Historic Structures Report

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

1. STATEMENT OF MANAGEMENT'S REQUIREMENTS, PROPOSED WORK, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FACETS OF THE PARK PROGRAM.

MANAGEMENT'S REQUIREMENTS: To rehabilitate the Alfred Reagan House, which has been held in a stand-by condition for many years. The house is an important unit in interpreting the pioneer culture of the Smokies.

PROPOSED WORK: Remove all temporary materials used to hold house in stand-by condition. Replace all unsound material. Reconstruct foundation piers and supports. Treat all old and new wood materials with a wood preservative. Clean up area and dispose of debris.

2. ADVANCE REQUIREMENTS DATA

LAND STATUS: Government-owned, National Park Service
MASTER PLAN NO.: NP-GSM-3341
PCP NUMBERS OF PREVIOUSLY COMPLETE PORTIONS: None
INTERRELATED & DEPENDENT PROJECT PCP NUMBERS: B-308-1, B-309-2, M-223-1
WATER RIGHT NEEDS & STATUS: N.A.
RESEARCH NEEDS & STATUS: RSP Index No. GRSM-H-11, approved 6/22/67. Research study, B-510. approved 7/13/67.

OTHER

The data on this PCP is basically identical to that of B-307-1, approved by Acting Regional Director on 8/19/66. However, it is being resubmitted as per Regional Program Officer's criteria that all estimates more than one year old (at time of submission to Bureau of Budget) must be updated or dropped from the program.

3. RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT
(sgd) George W. Fry FEB 20 1968

4. APPROVED BY REGIONAL DIRECTOR
(Sgd) Jackson E. Price MAR 19 1968

5. LOCATION WITHIN AREA OR TERMINI
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

6. BLDG. OR RT.# AND SEC.
Building No. 134

7. REGION
Southeast

8. PARK
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

9. PROJECT
Rehabilitate Alfred Reagan House
County: Sevier
State: Tennessee

10. PCP INDEX NO.
B-307-2

ESTIMATE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL

PARK: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
FACILITY: Rehabilitate Alfred Reagan House-Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
P.C.P. NO.: B-307-2

1. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

This saddle-back log house which has been weather-boarded and ceiled on the inside with hand-dressed poplar boards. It illustrates that even though the people were quite isolated, advantages were taken when new materials came available to improve their living conditions. The lumber was sawed at a sawmill which stood at the mouth of Roaring Fork. This building is a unit of the Alfred Reagan Outdoor Museum.

2. TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Replace all unsound materials, matching the original in kind, workmanship and design.

Reconstruct the foundations by installing concrete footings underground for all piers, supports, etc.

Treat all new wood materials and all old materials with a wood preservative. Research Study, PCP B-510, to provide the necessary detailed measured drawings, photographs, and other pertinent architectural data for the guidelines of the project.