Project Name:         Ft. Basinger School Relocation/ Conditions Assessment Report Project Location:    Highlands County, Florida Client:                     Janus Research, Tampa, FL & South Florida Water Management District Project dates:          2004-2005

Project Information:  The Fort Basinger School is a two-room wood-framed schoolhouse located in unincorporated Highlands County, Florida along US 98, built c. 1910. The school building, vacant now for many years, had been determined through Janus Research to be potentially eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Relocated to a site roughly one mile away from its existing location to the Pearce-Lockett Estate, the building was secured according to the National Park Service's guidelines for "mothballing" and will remain vacant until such time as a new end use is determined for the building.

Preservation Resource, Inc. Responsibilities:  Make field inspections/ field measurements  Prepare existing condition floor plans Prepare relocation/site/foundation plans for permitting Prepare a detailed Conditions Assessment Report  Make recommendations for the stabilizing, weatherproofing and securing of the structure for its continued vacant state Make recommendations for the continued maintenance of the structure prior to rehabilitation and reoccupation of the building Supervise relocation of building Implement mothballing of structure after relocation Links: "School Days Along the Kissimmee:Water managers preserve history of old Florida schoolhouse"