U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Summary
Significance: Building No. 74, a seaplane hangar, was the last of the six steel-frame hangars completed between 1916 and 1918 to replace the temporary canvas seaplane hangars that once occupied Naval Air Station Pensacola's beach...Building No. 74 is located within the Pensacola Naval Air Station Historic District, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. In 2004, Building No. 74 was damaged by Hurricane Ivan and is used in a reduced capacity by MWR.
Survey number: HABS FL-513
Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1992 Subsequent Work
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Tags
hangars
gymnasiums
storage facilities
storage
naval yards and naval stations
navies
pensacola beach
air
naval air station
seaplane
hangar
seaplane hangar
south avenue
pensacola
escambia
escambia county
florida
deborah calloway
bu docks
historic american buildings survey
henry monk
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
navy
us navy
library of congress
Date
1918 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Docks, Bu, designer
Monk, Henry, contractor
Calloway, Deborah, transmitter
Location
Pensacola Beach
,
30.52130, -87.27330
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html