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Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... 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

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... 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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...

Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... 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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...

Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...

Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...

Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue...

Significance: Conceived as a research and development building for the Guided Missile Department, Building 20 is a rectangular, high bay single story, steel frame post and beam structure with an L-shaped one st... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Mock-Up Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los ...

Significance: Designs for Building 3 and associated Building 2 were developed by architect H.L. Gogerty even before the contract for the HK-1 Flying Boat was finalized. Construction of the building, to be used... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Administrative Building, 6775 Centinela Avenu...

Significance: Building 1 was the corporate headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company for 35 years. Howard Hughes and his top level executives had their offices on the second floor, and decisions that impacte... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Radar Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: With more than 200,000 sq ft, Building 12 is by far the largest building of the Hughes complex designed specifically for research and development. It provided a huge increase in office, laborator... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cafeteria Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Lo...

Significance: The most ambitious interpretation of the International style within the Hughes complex, Building 10 is an asymmetrically organized structure with a small, flat roofed second story which rises from... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Warehouse-Stores Building, 6775 Centinela Ave...

Significance: Built in 1950 as part of a major plant expansion project at Hughes Aircraft, Building 17 is a long, rectangular, high bay one story structure, 442 ft long by 84 ft wide, with a mezzanine level at ... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Processing & Electronics Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Construction of the original portion of Building 5, the first building of the Culver City complex, was begun in January and completed by the weekend of July 4th, 1941, when the Hughes Aircraft Com... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

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

Hughes Aircraft Company, Cargo Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los An...

Significance: Known to posterity as the structure where the famed "Spruce Goose" was built, the monumental Building 15 is constructed entirely of wood and consists of two parallel gabled hangar bays, designated... More

Sec. of State greets Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, congratulates Howard Hughes on his round the world flight, photographed at the State Dept. today, 7/21/38

Sec. of State greets Howard Hughes. Washington, D.C., July 21. Secreta...

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Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Engineering-Administration Building, 6775 Cen...

Significance: Construction of Building 2 began in the fall of 1942, soon after the receipt of the Flying Boat contract. Designed by architect H.L. Gogerty, it was conceived to house many of the non-manufacturi... More

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Hughes Aircraft Company, Assembly & Manufacturing Building, 6775 Centi...

Significance: Containing more than 400,000 square feet, Building 6 is the largest building within the Hughes complex. Located immediately south of Building 5, to which it is connected via a tunnel, Building 6 ... More

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