Cultural Landscape Assessment and Evaluation of the Parameter Acquisition Radar Historic District, Cavalier Space Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota
Creators: name: Shaw, Brian
name: Orr, Andrew
name: Gierek, Lynn
name: O'Rourke, Daniel J.
name: Steele, Laura
name: Konnie Wescott
Publisher: name: (:unav)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: North Dakota
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/15892/north-dakota
subject: Pembia County
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/86731/pembia-county
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/129022/perimeter-acquisition-radar-historic-district
subject: PARHD
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/138502/parhd
subject: Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/428/historic-district
subject: Cultural Landscape Study
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/173169/cultural-landscape-study
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/2390/architectural-survey
subject: National Register Evaluation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/79175/national-register-evaluation
subject: Historic Landscape
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/157787/historic-landscape
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: This report presents the results of a cultural landscape assessment and evaluation of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District conducted on behalf of the United States Department of the Air Force at Cavalier Space Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota. Argonne National Laboratory performed an evaluation of the historic district using a cultural landscape approach that examined the district in its current configuration, with a special consideration of character-defining features. This work expanded upon a previous study completed in 2008. As a result of this study, Argonne National Laboratory recommends that the boundaries of the district be formalized to follow the fence that encompasses the Perimeter Acquisition Radar (Building 830) and its attendant buildings (Buildings 820 and 825). The district was previously recommended eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and was constructed as part of the larger Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard 
Complex, the first and only American anti-ballistic missile system ever constructed. Argonne agrees with the prior recommendation that the historic district and its contributing resources are eligible under National Register of Historic Places Criterion A, because of their direct Cold War significance owing to their autonomous operation as an Anti-Ballistic Missile site. In addition, Argonne National Laboratory recommends that the Perimeter Acquisition Radar building (Building 830) retains individual significance under Criterion A for its direct Cold War significance, as well as under Criterion C for its unique architecture. Based on its analysis, Argonne National Laboratory also recommends the Cavalier Space Force Station not eligible overall for the National Register of Historic Places as a historic cultural landscape.