MacDill Air Force Base, WAC Mess Hall, 8714 Hillsborough Loop Drive, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL
Summary
Significance: The former Women's Army Corps Mess Hall, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, is an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character. The building, which is associated with the wartime construction and development of the Base, supported MacDill's flight and training programs which prepared troops for combat in both the European and Pacific theaters of operations. The structure's architecture reflects its historic period, location, and function.
Survey number: HABS FL-384-AI
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Works Projects Administration
Hardlines: Design & Delineation, contractor
Location
Port Tampa Point, 27.84908, -82.48551
Source
Library of Congress
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