Dear Dr. Metz,

I thank you very much. Advice received from this listserv led me to contact
the Shenandoah Battlefields Foundation. They confirmed that no NEPA or NHPA
reviews were required at the time construction of 81 began in New Market. I
searched HABS online very quickly and found nothing. I have used the
Virginia Historical Inventory in the past. I actually found one family home
in New Market in that collection. Perhaps there are additional records that
have not been digitized? I will look into that. The possible existence of
agreements is an exciting one. I believe that the Federal Highway
Administration in Washington, DC, would have served as the field office for
81. Both Archives I and II are very near my home.

Again, I appreciate your insight,

Susan Hines


On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 7:49 AM Metz, John <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> From what I know of the construction of I-81, anything in the way of
> construction in the New Market area may have been destroyed by 1963 or 1966
> as the first sections were built in the vicinity of Buchanan and
> Harrisonburg. As such, none of the resources in this area would have been
> subject to Section 106 Review since the National Historic Preservation Act
> of 1966 was not passed until late October, 1966. Moreover, I-81 may have
> been exempt from review after that because plans had already been approved
> and it was already under construction. I would suggest contacting the
> Department of Historic Resources to see if they have any record of related
> resources...they will know if either house has ever been located and
> identified, and they will likely know the aliases by which they are known.
> The National Archives may also have relevant records since the federal
> government negotiated with individual land owners in many cases as they
> bisected their properties. I have worked on several properties where the
> family members still have memories and documentation of these negotiations
> (e.g. agreements for access culverts to newly isolated portions of their
> property). The Historic American Buildings Survey is another good resource
> to see if these properties were documented prior to 1957. Finally, you
> should also check the Virginia Historical Inventory at the Library of
> Virginia. This was a statewide initiative dating to the 1930s that is very
> similar to HABS, but it sometimes has different resources that were not
> seen as being worthy of the national effort.
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 12:25 PM Susan Hines <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Over the course of my family history research, I learned that two family
> > homes were located on the New Market Battlefield. They are identified on
> B.
> > A. Colonna 1914 map of the New Market Battlefield as the Harshbarger
> house
> > and the Lightfoot house. At the time of the Battle, the Lightfoot house
> was
> > owned by Anna Hupp who left it to her niece Sarah Harshbarger Lightfoot
> in
> > her will of 1877. I suspect the structures are no longer extant, possibly
> > due to the construction of Interstate 81 during the late1960s and early
> > 1970s.
> >
> > Surely, some type of historical survey was conducted prior to the
> > construction of the interstate? I have read many historical resource
> > reports related to Shenandoah County, but I have never been able to
> locate
> > a source specific to the construction of 81 in New Market, which also
> > slightly adjusted the path of Rt. 11 or "Old Valley Pike," making it
> > difficult to use Rt. 11 as a reference point for the location of these
> > homes.
> >
> > I recognize that VMI holds and manages the New Market Battlefield Park
> and
> > I have searched the Institute's online catalog to no avail. I have made
> > inquiries at the Park, too.  I have not been able to locate a VDOT
> resource
> > report via online search.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I very much enjoy reading this
> > listserve.
> >
> > Susan Hines
> > Hyattsville, MD
> >
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