Fort Vancouver Building 993
Fort Vancouver was built as a nineteenth-century fur trading outpost for the Hudson Bay Company. The site served as a U.S. Army post for 150 years, and figured prominently in the settlement of Oregon Country. In 2010, 28 buildings in the East and South Vancouver Barracks were transferred from the U.S. Army Reserve to the National Park Service (NPS). ARG has been assisting NPS with various projects related to these structures.
Our work began with programming studies for various buildings to bring them to “warm shell” level. Subsequent projects included the Rehabilitation of Building 993 for NPS Pacific West Region Offices, Rehabilitation of Buildings 987 and 404 for US Forest Service Offices, and planning studies to convert Fort Vancouver Building 405 into the Northwest Cultural Resources Center. Our most recent completed project is the Rehabilitation of Building 993, as described below.
Work included: interior design, condition assessments and treatment recommendations for the rehabilitation of historic finishes and features, code and accessibility upgrades, seismic strengthening, acoustical treatments and audio-visual design, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems. The project was designed to meet LEED Gold.
ARG completed the rehabilitation of Building 993 in the Summer of 2024. The project successfully created leasable office space for the National Park Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
