Lakehurst Naval Air Station (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard E. Greenwood.

This is the original National Register of Historic Places nomination form for Hangar No. 1 in Lakehurst's Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Historic District. Hangar No. 1 is a 961ft.-long, 200ft-high, 350ft-wide, steel arch hangar built in 1921 to house U.S. Navy dirigibles. Hangar No. 1 served as the primary hangar for international airship flights, and was the site of the German Zeppelin Hindenburg airship crash in 1937.