ArcheologyEdit Within 40 years after being built the wooden-frame superstructures of some buildings at the fort burned. Only a few partially extant walls, a chimney, and numerous wall foundations remained in 1912.[5] This was the general condition of the site when the first scientific archeological investigations were conducted in 1966.[6] Archeological excavations were again conducted in 1971 [7] when the site was mapped and test excavations were done.[8] Archeological investigations in 1974[9] revealed that officers quarters buildings had wood-plank floors, thresholds, and door jambs fitted with iron pintels; the assumption is that doors were also of wood. These carbonized remains were left in situ after being exposed during archeological investigations, photographed, and recorded by measured drawings using grid systems tied to modern architectural features of the park facilities. The excavation units were stabilized by careful backfilling with soil removed from those units to protect the remains for anticipated future public display. Subsequent archeology in 1975 and 1976 revealed that wooden superstructure and flooring of sites commanding officers residence and the sutlers store had likewise been destroyed by fire. Architectural details of buildings investigated by archeological excavation 1974-1976[10] indicate that before the buildings burned they were all similar in design and construction, as would be expected of military engineering.
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