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Install Geothermal HVAC System at Stonewall Jackson Death Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park » Install Geothermal HVAC System at Stonewall Jackson Death Site
The Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park proposes to replace an old, inefficient heating/cooling system at the Stonewall Jackson Death Site with an energy star geothermal system.
The Stonewall Jackson Death Site is the site of a former plantation and includes a surviving ca. 1828 office building that served the plantation. It was to this building that Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was brought following his wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died in the building on May 10, 1863. The property and structure were acquired by the National Military Park in 1937. The small plantation office building, the only surviving historic structure remaining on the property. The building was restored to its current condition in 1963-1964, at which time an electric HVAC system was installed. The building has been open to the public seasonally ever since. It houses numerous artifacts.
The park proposes to replace an inefficient electric heat pump system with a more efficient geothermal system. This will involve the excavation and installation of vertical geothermal wells and underground utility lines that will run from the area around the entrance drive and vehicular drive loop to the historic building. New ductwork will replace older ductwork in the building's crawlspace and attic space, as well as the addition of some new vent registers in the building. A new mechanical system will be installed inside the lean-to structure to the rear of the historic building, replacing the existing mechanical system.
Areas to be excavated for the wells and utility lines will attempt to follow existing utility lines and corridors disturbed during the installation of those earlier underground lines, installed in the 1960s - 1980s. Archaeological investigations of those areas will take place to assess potential impacts to unknown archaeological resources.
540-627-6079
The Stonewall Jackson Death Site is the site of a former plantation and includes a surviving ca. 1828 office building that served the plantation. It was to this building that Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was brought following his wounding at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Jackson died in the building on May 10, 1863. The property and structure were acquired by the National Military Park in 1937. The small plantation office building, the only surviving historic structure remaining on the property. The building was restored to its current condition in 1963-1964, at which time an electric HVAC system was installed. The building has been open to the public seasonally ever since. It houses numerous artifacts.
The park proposes to replace an inefficient electric heat pump system with a more efficient geothermal system. This will involve the excavation and installation of vertical geothermal wells and underground utility lines that will run from the area around the entrance drive and vehicular drive loop to the historic building. New ductwork will replace older ductwork in the building's crawlspace and attic space, as well as the addition of some new vent registers in the building. A new mechanical system will be installed inside the lean-to structure to the rear of the historic building, replacing the existing mechanical system.
Areas to be excavated for the wells and utility lines will attempt to follow existing utility lines and corridors disturbed during the installation of those earlier underground lines, installed in the 1960s - 1980s. Archaeological investigations of those areas will take place to assess potential impacts to unknown archaeological resources.
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Eric Mink540-627-6079