Sheppard Air Force Base Cultural Resources Archive

Part of: Air Force - West

Collection of documents, data, and images generated from and/or related to archaeological resource and investigations on the Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. The collection was created by tDAR under contract with the USAF and is intended to organize documents, images, and other data from the Sheppard Air Force Base. Some of the digital resources are organized under several sub-collections, which group together documents from particular investigations or related to certain sites or parts of the base. Other digital objects are included individually. Due to the potential sensitive information included in these documents, users that wish to access documents and images without redaction should contact the cultural resources office at the Sheppard Air Force Base.

Site Name Keywords
Building 2130 • Little Adobe • Building 2560 • Building 1900 • 41GS26 • 41GS115 • Building 1920 • Building 1922 • Building 1918 • Building 1924

Site Type Keywords
Airport Terminal

Other Keywords
Sheppard AFB • Cultural Resources Assessment • Kell Air Field • Historic Preservation Plan • Adobe Hut • Building Inventory • Tribal Consultation • Alert Apron • Sheppard Air Force Base • Field Training

Culture Keywords
Kiowa • Comanche • Wichita • Kiowa Apache • Tonkawa

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Architectural Documentation • Reconnaissance / Survey • Archaeological Overview • Architectural Survey

Temporal Keywords
World War II • WWII • Cold War Era • Cold War

Geographic Keywords
Texas (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • Wichita County (County) • Sheppard Air Force Base • Wichita (County) • Grayson County (County) • Grayson (County) • Lake Texoma

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Cultural Resource Assessment of Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita County, Texas (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.
A cultural resource assessment of prehistoric and historic resources was conducted for Sheppard Air Force Base on July 14-16, 1993. The assessment was part of cultural resource archeological baseline survey requested by Headquarters Air Education and Training Command. The assessment included an archeological reconnaissance survey of the base and identification of buildings and structures built between 1928 and 1950. The base contains 5,056 acres which were inspected during the reconnaissance...
A Cultural Resources Survey of the Sheppard Air Force Base Recreation Area at Lake Texoma, Grayson County, Texas (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathleen E. Hiatt. Duane E. Peter.
This report presents the results of an intensive survey of the Sheppard Air Force Base Recreation Area (SAFBRA) a 450-acre tract of land along the south shore of Lake Texoma in Grayson County, Texas. The objective of the study was to document and provide a preliminary assessment of all cultural resource sites within the SAFBRA property. The study. consisting of a literature and records review and intensive pedestrian survey, resulted in the recognition of two previously recorded sites (41GS26...
Historic Preservation Plan for Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, 1992 to 1997 (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy W. Hunter.
This undated plan prescribes procedure and guidance for the conservation, maintenance and protection of historical resources and facilities, compatible with the military mission and in accordance with DoD policy for the years 1992-1997. "Historical resources" in the context of this plan refers to physical remains of any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure or object significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture on Sheppard AFB, (SAFB),...
Nomination of Sheppard Bldg 2130 as a Historical Site (1980)
DOCUMENT Full-Text William H. Davidson.
Nomination letter and associated newspaper articles for Building 2130, known as Little Adobe on Sheppard Air Force Base as a historical site.
Sheppard Air Force Base Historical Preservation Plan for Building 2130 (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
Drawing of Building 2130 at Sheppard AFB.
Sheppard Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Edward Salo. Marsha Prior. Joe C. Freeman.
Geo-Marine, Inc., identified for inventory and assessment 256 buildings and structures constructed during the Cold War at Sheppard Air Force Base. Of the identified properties, architectural information on 12 properties was recorded on Texas Historical Commission Texas Historic Sites Inventory Forms. Digital photographs were taken for documentation.
Sheppard Air Force Base: Inventory and Assessment of Select Buildings and Structures (Dating through 1976) (2012)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
This report provides an inventory and assessment of select resources constructed through 1976 at Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), which includes the Sheppard Main Base (SMB), the Sheppard Recreation Annex (SRA), and a portion of the Frederick Municipal Airport (FMA). Three-hundred-sixteen (316) resources were initially identified on the real property list as buildings, structures, or infrastructure constructed through 1976 that were unevaluated or in need of evaluation under the standard NRHP...
SHPO: Cold War/Historic Building Survey (2002)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy W. Hunter.
SHPO correspondence regarding two properties eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These properties are Building 2560 (Bomber alert facility/mole hole) and Alert apron both dating to 1960.
SHPO: Field Training Detachment Relocation and Report - Cultural Resource Assessment of Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita County, Texas (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Bruseth. James Steely.
SHPO correspondence regarding field training detachment relocation and the associated cultural resource assessment report for Sheppard Air Force Base.
SHPO: Renovation of Little Adobe on Sheppard AFB (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text LaVerne Herrington.
SHPO correspondence regarding the renovation of Little Adobe on Sheppard Air Force Base.
SHPO: Wichita Falls Air Terminal (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text F. Lawrence Oaks.
SHPO correspondence regarding rehabilitation and addition to Kell Field Air Terminal, Wichita Falls, Wichita County.
Tribal: Draft Native American Consultation Letter for Sheppard AFB (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.
Letter report in regards to a base wide cultural resources assessment at Sheppard Air Force Base.