Airplanes, Combat and Maintenance Crews, and Air Bases. The World War II and Early Cold War Architectural Legacy of Holloman Air Force Base (ca. 1942-1962)
Abstract
In 1995 and 1996, architectural assessments were conducted on 34 buildings and structures to determine their potential eligibility for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Legacy Resource Management Program. These resources were built on Holloman Air Force Base between 1942 and 1962. Eighteen World War II facilities, all that existed on the base, and 16 early Cold War properties (including all those from the 194Os except for housing units) were evaluated using Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record Level IV documentation. Facility assessment forms were completed and National Register of Historic Places eligibility recommendations were provided for each property based on historic context, integrity, and its contribution to significant archaeological sites, In addition, all previously conducted projects that dealt with either facility assessments and evaluations or provided historic data on the 34 properties were discussed to provide an overall review of the type of work completed on Holloman Air Force Base to date. At the completion of the project, 17 properties were recommended eligible for inclusion to the National Register of Historic Places (14 Cold War and three World War II) and 17 as not eligible (15 World War II and two Cold War). Most of the World War II facilities have been heavily modified and lack integrity, and the base retains no feeling of its war years as a United States Army Air Forces Heavy and Very Heavy bomber aircrew training post. In contrast, the Cold War facilities are highly intact, and a number of missile testing and instrumentation complexes in the remote areas of the base provide a feeling for that time when the base was one of the primary missile development and research facilities in the United States.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA375116
Entities
People
- Jean Fulton
- Martyn D. Tagg
- Sonya Cooper