U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, General Storehouse, Eighth Street at Avenue D, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI
Summary
Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It was constructed as part of what was an urgent buildup of industrial and support facilities at the Shipyard in anticipation of WWII in the Pacific. It is a large, prominent structure that filled a desperate need for efficient space to store war materials and supplies. It has distinctive architectural and structural features including several added in response to the December 7, 1941 attack. Facility 167 was designed by Albert Kahn.
Survey number: HABS HI-497
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000940
Tags
Date
1950 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Kahn, Albert, architect
Location
hawaii, 21.39722, -157.97333
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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