Who will take care of Fort Monroe?
By MATTHEW STURDEVANT 247-7874 HAMPTON – The detail of care for brick buildings, plantation-style officers’ quarters, a large moated campus with parade grounds and anything else on Fort Monroe starts with an agreement between the Army and the future caretakers of the 540-acre military base. When the Army leaves in September 2011, the land will transfer to the commonwealth of Virginia. The guidelines for preserving historic buildings and landmarks will be detailed in the agreement, a working draft of which will be available for the public’s perusal during a meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. “When the Army leaves an installation, it’s automatically assumed there will be some…care of the facilities…the care is to mitigate any adverse impacts on the resources when the Army departs,” said Mike Hodson, an Army spokesman for Fort Monroe. The agreement is required by the National Historic Preservation Act, under which Fort Monroe has been a natio
