U.S. Naval Air Station, Junior Officers Quarters No. 9, North Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
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Significance: Built in 1918 as a quadraplex junior officer's during World War I era of expansion at the Naval Air Station, Quarters 9 is significant as a contributing structure in the 84-acre Pensacola Historic District (also known as the Pensacola Navy Yard) as is Quarters 10, an identical quadraplex on the same site...During World War I, the Pensacola Naval Air Station was one of five military aviation schools located in Florida. There were 35 nationwide. The Pensacola naval facility became the first permanent naval air station in the U.S., and the first to send pilots into combat in 1913...
Survey number: HABS FL-401
Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1996 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000595
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