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- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. Army, 1990.
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- The Army proposed to reuse a vacant historic building known as
the Beehive,
- a sometime-barracks constructed circa 1882 and located within
the Fort
- Leavenworth National Historic Landmark District. The building,
- prominently located near the center of the installation,
served as post
- headquarters until 1890. After being remodeled in 1921 to
house married
- officers, the building became known as "the Beehive," since it
was
- always "swarming" with children. Plans called for
rehabilitating the
- structure's distinctive exterior and gutting the already
damaged
- interior for reuse as the National Simulation Center of the
Battle
- Command Evaluation Facility. The project had both high-ranking
Army and
- congressional support. Under an agreement reached with the
Council and
- the Kansas SHPO, the Army included specialized seismic
stabilization,
- security measures, sophisticated electrical, mechanical, and
computer
- services, and retention of exterior windows within the
project. The
- parties worked closely to refine construction plans and
details, and the
- result was an excellent adaptive use of an important historic
structure
- for modern military purposes that avoided the need for new
construction.
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