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Barstow-Daggett Airport, Hangar Shed No. 4, 39500 National Trails Highway, Daggett, San Bernardino County, CA

Barstow-Daggett Airport, Hangar Shed No. 4, 39500 National Trails High...

Significance: Constructed at the outset of World War II, Hangar Shed No. 4 was one of only four such buildings, all of which were located at Barstow-Daggett Airport (then known as Modification Center No. 1, Dag... More

Ladd Field, Hangar No. 1, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

Ladd Field, Hangar No. 1, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North ...

Significance: Hangar #1 and associated buildings around the "horseshoe" were designed as permanent structures. The various buildings housing different functions were given a unified appearance. Ladd Air Base ... More

Ladd Field, Hangar No. 1, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

Ladd Field, Hangar No. 1, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North ...

Significance: Hangar #1 and associated buildings around the "horseshoe" were designed as permanent structures. The various buildings housing different functions were given a unified appearance. Ladd Air Base ... More

Hamilton Field, Maintenance Hangars, Hangar Avenue between Sixth Street & San Pablo Avenue, Novato, Marin County, CA

Hamilton Field, Maintenance Hangars, Hangar Avenue between Sixth Stree...

Significance: The air field double hangars were used for storage and maintenance of aircraft of all types. Each hangar was capable of housing 20 planes. During the war the hangars were painted in camouflage t... More

Airfield near San Antonio - Public domain dedication image

Airfield near San Antonio - Public domain dedication image

Forms part of John J. Pershing Collection. Photographer's address and phone number: 522 Mason St., San Antonio, Texas. Travis 5384. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (John J. Pershing papers); 1953.

Manchester Airport, Large Hangar, East edge of airport between East Apron & Kelly Avenue, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Manchester Airport, Large Hangar, East edge of airport between East Ap...

Significance: The hangar is significant for its association with WWII homefront construction and mobilization in support of the air war over Germany. It is also significant as an example of WWII-era U.S. Army A... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Stree...

Significance: Northwest Airlines Hangar and Administration Building was the airline's first corporate headquarters expressly built for that purpose. Constructed shortly after the company's takeover by St. Paul... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 76, Seaplane Hangar, is a triple-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Original plans dated April 20, 1917, Dwg. #68363, Building 75 wa... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 2, Junction of Curtiss Street & Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 2, Junction of Curtiss Street & Sen...

Significance: Hangar 2 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard and Gambier Bay Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard a...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard and Gambier Bay Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Landplane Hangar Type, Wasp Boulevard a...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Capital City Airport, State Hangar, North side of Grand River Avenue, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, State Hangar, North side of Grand River Avenue, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue...

Significance: The dual mission of the Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) at Hill Field/Air Force Base during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, as well as to rec... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 4, Modification Hangar & Flight Research Lab, South end of flightline between Thirteenth Street & Loop Road, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 4, Modification Hang...

Significance: This southernmost anchor of the Wright Field flightline complex provided a multi-bay facility for aircraft modification and flight research functions during World War II. Unprocessed Field note m... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Street, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Stree...

Significance: The buildings represent the purpose of the air station. They were the first hangars built at the base. Their size and function make them focal points of the base. They are an important part of ... More

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Hangar, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Hangar, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Kodiak,...

Survey number: HABS AK-47-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002731

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hangar No. 4, First Street between A & B Streets, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hangar No. 4, First Street...

Significance: Hangar No. 4 is the fourth in an east-west line of five virtually identical aircraft storage and maintenance buildings at MCBH. Design of these aircraft hangars was originally to support seaplane... More

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hangar No. 4, First Street between A & B Streets, Kailua, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hangar No. 4, First Street...

Significance: Hangar No. 4 is the fourth in an east-west line of five virtually identical aircraft storage and maintenance buildings at MCBH. Design of these aircraft hangars was originally to support seaplane... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

Loring Air Force Base, Double Cantilever Hangar, East of Arizona Road, west of southern portion of Taxiway J, Limestone, Aroostook County, ME

Loring Air Force Base, Double Cantilever Hangar, East of Arizona Road,...

Significance: The Double Cantilever (DC) Hangar was an integral part of Loring Air Force Base's (AFB) aircraft maintenance system, responsible for sustaining the aircraft's ready condition should aggressive Sov... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

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 Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

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 Statio... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...

Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...

Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

National Airport. View of inside hangar at National Airport

National Airport. View of inside hangar at National Airport

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment training camp. The glider plane hangars

Parris Island, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps glider detachment tra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Continental Can hangar, Morristown Airport, New Jersey. Interior VI

Continental Can hangar, Morristown Airport, New Jersey. Interior VI

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ladd Field, Kodiak T-Hangar, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

Ladd Field, Kodiak T-Hangar, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Nor...

Significance: Architectural: This arctic design was constructed to minimize open and wasted space. The T-shape was designed to repair or store one large aircraft with the bottom of the T for the fusillage and ... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Maintenance Hangar, Arizona Avenue between California & Connecticut Streets, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Maintenance Hangar, Arizona Avenue between...

Significance: During the Cold War, Building 2763 housed an organizational maintenance shop space, aircraft corrosion control space, and weapons systems maintenance management facility space. Survey number: HAE... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Ready Magazine-1943 Type, Adjacent to Hangars 110 & 111, on or near Midway Street, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Ready Magazine-1943 Type, Adjacent to...

Significance: These small concrete structures are part of the response to the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Oahu. They were built in order to have ammunition storage close at hand to important buildings.... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Ready Magazine-1943 Type, Adjacent to Hangars 110 & 111, on or near Midway Street, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Ready Magazine-1943 Type, Adjacent to...

Significance: These small concrete structures are part of the response to the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Oahu. They were built in order to have ammunition storage close at hand to important buildings.... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, Curtiss Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, Curtiss Street, Rantoul, Champai...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 4, Junction of Challenger Street & Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 4, Junction of Challenger Street & ...

Significance: Hangar 4 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cheyenne Airfield, United Airlines Hangar, 200 East Eighth Avenue, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Cheyenne Airfield, United Airlines Hangar, 200 East Eighth Avenue, Che...

Significance: Hangar No. 1 is a contributing element to the Cheyenne Airport National Register District. It is the last representing the pioneer American air industry. Survey number: HAER WY-83-A

Manchester Airport, Brick Hangar, East of Pine Island Pond, south of North Perimeter Road, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH

Manchester Airport, Brick Hangar, East of Pine Island Pond, south of N...

Significance: The hangar is significant as the only unaltered aircraft hangar of two hangars constructed at Smith Field, Manchester's first municipal airport. It is an excellent example of an early air transpor... More

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Hangar II, U.S. Coast Guard Support Center, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

U.S. Coast Guard Station, Hangar II, U.S. Coast Guard Support Center, ...

Significance: During World War II the building was used for engine-overhaul and aircraft maintenance. Survey number: HABS AK-48-E Building/structure dates: 1988 Subsequent Work

Dover Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1301, Dover, Kent County, DE

Dover Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1301, Dover, Kent County, DE

Significance: According to the National Register nomination, this structure "... is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under criterion A for its use as the headquarters and enginee... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Hangar, Radford Boulevard, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Aircraft Hangar, Radford Boulevard, Pensacola,...

Significance: Constructed in 1940, Building No. 632 is one of eleven new hangars erected between 1937 and 1940 as part of a massive expansion of Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola's facilities and aviation train... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angel...

Significance: Primarily developed between 1941 and 1953 and in continuous use to the present, the subject structures of the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City plant, constitute a unique and remarkably intact ... More

Maxwell Air Force Base, Building No. 690, 255 East Ash Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Maxwell Air Force Base, Building No. 690, 255 East Ash Street, Montgom...

Significance: Maxwell Air Force Base, Building 690 (formerly Hangar 8), was built in 1944 to accommodate and service a variety of aircraft. This hangar represents one of the last WW II expansion projects to ta... More

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Nose Docks, On either side of Hangar Access Apron at Northwest end of Project Looking Glass Historic District, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Nose Docks...

Survey number: HAER NE-9-F Building/structure dates: 1958-1959 Initial Construction

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Nose Docks, On either side of Hangar Access Apron at Northwest end of Project Looking Glass Historic District, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Looking Glass Airborne Command Post, Nose Docks...

Survey number: HAER NE-9-F Building/structure dates: 1958-1959 Initial Construction

Saint Paul Airport Municpal Hangar, 674 Bay Field Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Saint Paul Airport Municpal Hangar, 674 Bay Field Street, Saint Paul, ...

Significance: The significance of the Municipal Hangar was identified in a request for National Register eligibility in 1991. At that time the Minnesota Historical Society determined the building to be "eligib... More

Saint Paul Airport Municpal Hangar, 674 Bay Field Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Saint Paul Airport Municpal Hangar, 674 Bay Field Street, Saint Paul, ...

Significance: The significance of the Municipal Hangar was identified in a request for National Register eligibility in 1991. At that time the Minnesota Historical Society determined the building to be "eligib... More

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 6, Signal Corps Special Forces Hangar, On flightline at Southeast corner of Eleventh & C Streets, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 6, Signal Corps Spec...

Significance: Part of the Wright Field flightline complex constructed during World War II, this hangar was used during the war by the Signal Corps Special Forces for radio and antenna installation. Unprocessed... More

Barstow-Daggett Airport, Hangar Shed No. 4, 39500 National Trails Highway, Daggett, San Bernardino County, CA

Barstow-Daggett Airport, Hangar Shed No. 4, 39500 National Trails High...

Significance: Constructed at the outset of World War II, Hangar Shed No. 4 was one of only four such buildings, all of which were located at Barstow-Daggett Airport (then known as Modification Center No. 1, Dag... More

Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Stree...

Significance: Northwest Airlines Hangar and Administration Building was the airline's first corporate headquarters expressly built for that purpose. Constructed shortly after the company's takeover by St. Paul... More

Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Street, St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman), Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Northwest Airways Hangar & Administration Building, 590 Bayfield Stree...

Significance: Northwest Airlines Hangar and Administration Building was the airline's first corporate headquarters expressly built for that purpose. Constructed shortly after the company's takeover by St. Paul... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 2, Junction of Curtiss Street & Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 2, Junction of Curtiss Street & Sen...

Significance: Hangar 2 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

Capital City Airport, Francis Aviation, North side of Grand River Avenue, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Capital City Airport, Francis Aviation, North side of Grand River Aven...

Significance: The Francis Aviation buildings are significant for two reasons, the first being that one of the hangars in the complex is the second oldest hangar erected at the Capital City Airport, after the Cl... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, south of Enterprise Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Hangar, Lexington Boulevard, s...

Significance: Due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous events which occurred on December 7, 1941, the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor was designated a... More

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue...

Significance: The dual mission of the Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) at Hill Field/Air Force Base during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, as well as to rec... More

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue, Layton, Davis County, UT

Hill Field, Airplane Repair Hangars No. 1-No. 4, 5875 Southgate Avenue...

Significance: The dual mission of the Ogden Air Depot/Ogden Air Materiel Command (OOAMA) at Hill Field/Air Force Base during and after World War II was to repair, maintain, and store aircraft, as well as to rec... More

Love Field Aviation Camp, Dallas, Texas, May 30, 1918

Love Field Aviation Camp, Dallas, Texas, May 30, 1918

Sitters holding their hats. J231258 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Frederick W. Hellenberg; August 20, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45890.

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 3, Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 3, Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaig...

Significance: Hangar 3 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 3, Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 3, Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaig...

Significance: Hangar 3 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 3, Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaign County, IL

Chanute Air Force Base, Hangar No. 3, Sentry Street, Rantoul, Champaig...

Significance: Hangar 3 is one of four hangars that dominate the landscape within the Chanute AFB Historic District. All four hangars were built in response to the massive mobilization required by World War II a... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Street, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Maintenance Hangar Type, Midway Stree...

Significance: The buildings represent the purpose of the air station. They were the first hangars built at the base. Their size and function make them focal points of the base. They are an important part of ... More

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Hangar, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

Kodiak Naval Operating Base, Hangar, U.S. Coast Guard Station, Kodiak,...

Survey number: HABS AK-47-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002731

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valparaiso, Okaloosa County, FL

Eglin Air Force Base, Hangar No. 1, 505 Choctawhatchee Avenue, Valpara...

Significance: As one of the original buildings constructed at Eglin Air Force Base, HANGAR 1 (Building No. 66) has played a crucial role during the World War II, Korean War, Cold War, and post Cold War eras. T... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629, Scoville, Butte County, ID

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Test Area North, Hangar No. 629...

Significance: TAN 629 was built as the Flight Engine Test facility for the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Project of the U.S. Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission. Intended to house a test jet airplane using... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, Pensacola, Escambia County, F...

Significance: Building 71, Seaplane Hangar, is a double-gabled seaplane hangar built in 1916-1918 and located on the waterfront in the old Navy Yard. Although of no architectural significance, along with Build... More

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 1, Meridian & Groh Roads, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 1, Meridian & Groh Roads, Det...

Significance: Hangar No. 1 is part of the Grosse Ile Municipal Airport. Hangar No. 1 was part of the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station which assumed a significant role during the Country's military preparation for ... More

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 1, Meridian & Groh Roads, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 1, Meridian & Groh Roads, Det...

Significance: Hangar No. 1 is part of the Grosse Ile Municipal Airport. Hangar No. 1 was part of the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station which assumed a significant role during the Country's military preparation for ... More

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 1, Meridian & Groh Roads, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Grosse Ile Municipal Airport, Hangar No. 1, Meridian & Groh Roads, Det...

Significance: Hangar No. 1 is part of the Grosse Ile Municipal Airport. Hangar No. 1 was part of the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station which assumed a significant role during the Country's military preparation for ... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

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 Statio... More

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

U.S. Naval Air Station, Seaplane Hangar, 521 South Avenue, Pensacola, ...

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 Statio... More

TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphi...

Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar. Survey number: HAER PA-561 Building/structure da... More

TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphi...

Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar. Survey number: HAER PA-561 Building/structure da... More

TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

TWA Maintenance Hangar, South side of Tinicum Island Road, Philadelphi...

Significance: It is an early and unusual example of the use of a cable supported roof structure to provide the clear floor space needed for an airplane hangar. Survey number: HAER PA-561 Building/structure da... More

Wendover Air Force Base, Squadron Hangar, South of Interstate 80, Wendover, Tooele County, UT

Wendover Air Force Base, Squadron Hangar, South of Interstate 80, Wend...

Survey number: HABS UT-125-P Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Goodyear Airdock, 1210 Massillon Road, Akron, Summit County, OH

Significance: A floor area of 364,000 square feet makes it one of the largest buildings without interior supports in the world. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the dock is its spherical doors. (Cleveland t... More

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Island, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Naval Air Station North Island, Seaplane Hangars, Roe Street, North Is...

Significance: The buildings are considered significant for their association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of United States history. Naval aviation programs combin... More

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Hangar, Kenny Road, southeast corner of interstction with G Avenue, Blackhawk, Meade County, SD

Ellsworth Air Force Base, Readiness Hangar, Kenny Road, southeast corn...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...

Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...

Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA

Naval Air Station Moffett Field, Hanger No. 1, Cummins Avenue, Moffett...

Significance: In the nation's quest to provide security for the lengthy expanse of its coastlines the opportunity for air reconnaissance was realized by the futuristic Admiral William A. Moffett. Through his ef... More

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