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Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wake Island, Wake Island, UM

Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...

See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Burma Road, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Burma Road, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Bounded by East Colfax to south, Peoria Street to west, Denver City/County & Adams County Line to north,  & U.S. Route 255 to east, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Bounded by East Colfax to south, Peoria S...

Survey number: HABS CO-172 Building/structure dates: 1918-1984 Initial Construction

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE LUPINE, U.S. Coast Guard Station Rockland, east end of Tillson Avenue, Rockland, Knox County, ME

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE LUPINE, U.S. Coast Guard Station Rocklan...

Significance: "White Lupine" is significant as one of eight U.S. Navy YF 257-class lighters, designed to provide logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Following the war these vessels were... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Line 9, Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN

Holston Army Ammunition Plant, RDX-and-Composition-B Manufacturing Lin...

Significance: Line 9 is highly representative of the 10 production lines constructed at HSAAP during WWII for the manufacture of the military high explosive Composition B, and its chief ingredient RDX. These bu... More

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

John P. King Manufacturing Company, 1701 Goodrich Street, Augusta Cana...

Significance: The John P. King Mfg. Co. was built as part of Augusta's campaign to become the "Lowell of the South." The mill has always used the water power of the Augusta Canal and now generates hydroelectri... More

Auxiliary Fishing Schooner "Evelina M. Goulart", Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, Essex County, MA

Auxiliary Fishing Schooner "Evelina M. Goulart", Essex Shipbuilding Mu...

Significance: The EVELINA M. GOULART is an example of what is sometimes called a "transitional schooner." These vessels bridged a gap during a period of transition in the history of shipbuilding in America fro... More

Auxiliary Fishing Schooner "Evelina M. Goulart", Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, Essex County, MA

Auxiliary Fishing Schooner "Evelina M. Goulart", Essex Shipbuilding Mu...

Significance: The EVELINA M. GOULART is an example of what is sometimes called a "transitional schooner." These vessels bridged a gap during a period of transition in the history of shipbuilding in America fro... More

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Elevation, Area 4, Yucca Flat, 4-04 Road near Rainier Mesa Road, Mercury, Nye County, NV

Nevada Test Site, Japanese Village, Type C Elevation, Area 4, Yucca Fl...

Survey number: HABS NV-27-C Building/structure dates: 1962 Initial Construction

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...

Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More

Detroit Arsenal, 6501 East Eleven Mile Road, Warren, Macomb County, MI

Detroit Arsenal, 6501 East Eleven Mile Road, Warren, Macomb County, MI

Significance: Having been constructed by the Chrysler Corporation in 1940, Detroit Arsenal contains one of America's foremost World War II manufacturing plants. An important example of industrial design, by wa... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, White Sands, Dona Ana County, NM

White Sands Missile Range, Trinity Site, Vicinity of Routes 13 & 20, W...

Significance: The United States detonated the world's first atomic bomb at Trinity Site on July 16, 1945. The site contains a fenced-in area and marker at Ground Zero, the remnants of a number of test structur... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Acid Mixing Facility, California Avenue & E Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Acid Mixing Facility, California Avenue & ...

Significance: Building 463 was built in 1932 as an acid mixing facility. It and related acid storage tanks had a significant role during World War II in supporting submarine battery repair and overhaul. This ... More

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Acid Mixing Facility, California Avenue & E Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Acid Mixing Facility, California Avenue & ...

Significance: Building 463 was built in 1932 as an acid mixing facility. It and related acid storage tanks had a significant role during World War II in supporting submarine battery repair and overhaul. This ... 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

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

Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Greenwater, Pierce County, WA

Suntop Lookout, Forest Road 510, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest,...

Significance: Suntop Lookout is an element of a National Register thematic group, "USDA Forest Service Fire Lookouts on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest." This group of eight lookouts is associated wit... More

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscog...

Significance: Grist milling has been continuous at the site since the City Mills were established in 1828. Some of the newer buildings house offices, equipment, and warehouses used in the production of feed. ... More

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscog...

Significance: Grist milling has been continuous at the site since the City Mills were established in 1828. Some of the newer buildings house offices, equipment, and warehouses used in the production of feed. ... More

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscog...

Significance: Grist milling has been continuous at the site since the City Mills were established in 1828. Some of the newer buildings house offices, equipment, and warehouses used in the production of feed. ... More

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscog...

Significance: Grist milling has been continuous at the site since the City Mills were established in 1828. Some of the newer buildings house offices, equipment, and warehouses used in the production of feed. ... More

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francis...

Significance: Pier 16 and Bulkhead were last remaining structures of a unified complex of Mission Revival style pier front and bulkhead buildings dating to the early 20th century. The structures were among the... More

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francis...

Significance: Pier 16 and Bulkhead were last remaining structures of a unified complex of Mission Revival style pier front and bulkhead buildings dating to the early 20th century. The structures were among the... More

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francis...

Significance: Pier 16 and Bulkhead were last remaining structures of a unified complex of Mission Revival style pier front and bulkhead buildings dating to the early 20th century. The structures were among the... More

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Boroug...

See also HAER MI-121 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER AK-49 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. Significance: ... More

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Boroug...

See also HAER MI-121 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER AK-49 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. Significance: ... More

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Boroug...

See also HAER MI-121 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER AK-49 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. Significance: ... More

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Boroug...

See also HAER MI-121 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER AK-49 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. Significance: ... More

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Boroug...

See also HAER MI-121 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER AK-49 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. Significance: ... More

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK

US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Boroug...

See also HAER MI-121 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER AK-49 for similar documentation. Includes drawings, photographs, and written data. Significance: ... More

Offutt Air Force Base, Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building D, Peacekeeper Drive, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building...

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

Offutt Air Force Base, Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building D, Peacekeeper Drive, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building...

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

Offutt Air Force Base, Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building D, Peacekeeper Drive, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE

Offutt Air Force Base, Glenn L. Martin-Nebraska Bomber Plant, Building...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, water way, maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a cabin, living room, bureau, office, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BUTTONWOOD, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco,...

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

Aluminum City Terrace, Administration Building, East Hill Drive, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, PA

Aluminum City Terrace, Administration Building, East Hill Drive, New K...

Significance: Aluminum City Terrace, the only housing project in America designed by world-renowned architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, was built by the federal government to house defense workers duri... More

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Building No. 4, 903 South Fourth Street, center rear, Hamilton, Ravalli County, MT

Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Building No. 4, 903 South Fourth Street, ...

Significance: The Rocky Mountain Laboratories possess national significance due to the pioneering research conducted at these laboratories from 1921-1945 toward the development of vaccines for insect-borne dise... More

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... More

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... More

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County, WA

The Boeing Company, 7755 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, King County...

Significance: Boeing Plant 2 assembly buildings 2-40 and 2-41, and the two associated warehouses, 2-31 and 2-44, are significant for their direct association with the World War II defense industry, specifically... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 3, On northern shoreline of shipyard, west of Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 2, near the intersection of Avenue G and Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 3, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s. The dock was built using a distinctive method of construction and was built under "wartime" co... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 3, On northern shoreline of shipyard, west of Dry Dock Nos. 1 & 2, near the intersection of Avenue G and Sixth Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Dry Dock No. 3, On northern shoreline o...

Significance: This dry dock is associated with the expansion of waterfront facilities at Pearl Harbor in the 1940s. The dock was built using a distinctive method of construction and was built under "wartime" co... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie Avenue & First Street, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Ro...

Significance: The extant smelter stack is the first of two identical stacks at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It stands at the south end of the site of the origi... More

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Route 160, Durango, La Plata County, CO

San Juan & New York Mining & Smelting Company, Smelter Stack, State Ro...

Significance: The extant smelter stack is the first of two identical stacks at the San Juan and New York Mining and Smelting Company (SJ&NY) plant in Durango. It stands at the south end of the site of the origi... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, ...

Significance: Throughout its more than eighty year history, the General Dynamics Corporation/Quincy-Fore River Shipyard was one of the leading private shipyards in the United States. Producing both military an... More

Fort David A. Russell, Red Cross Building, Third Street between Randall Avenue & Tenth Cavalry Avenue, Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY

Fort David A. Russell, Red Cross Building, Third Street between Randal...

Significance: The Red Cross Building was constructed in 1941-1942 to house the F.E. Warren Branch of the American Red Cross. Formed in 1941 with the outbreak of World War II, this auxiliary of the Red Cross's ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Locomotive Building, Lower Tank Farm, near intersection of Sixth Street & South Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Locomotive Building, Lower Tank Farm, n...

Significance: It was located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. It was associated with early base development at Pearl Harbor and the use of railroads within the base and with the coaling stati... More

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly Building, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant, Aircraft Parts Sub-Assembly...

Significance: Building No. 3 is one of 18 contributing buildings and two features to the Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach Plant historic district. Activities associated with the district significantly contr... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula, Uyehara House & Garage, 1038 Ashley Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Housing Area Pearl City Peninsula...

Significance: This house and garage are significant as examples of Hawaiian regional design of the 1920s. The style of this house and garage are unique within the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. The buildings repres... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, North Road at Neches Avenue, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Temporary Storehouses - 1944 Type, Nort...

Significance: Facility Nos. 489, 490, and 491 are associated with the expansion of facilities at the Naval base during WWII. They were the second set of storehouses built on the fill land that created Kuahua Pe... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, West end of Second Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, West end of Second St...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, West end of Second Street, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Storage Facility, West end of Second St...

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