Lackland Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment

Author(s): Edward Salo; Marsha Prior; Michelle Wurtz

Year: 2002

Summary

This report provides an inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945-1991) built environment at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas. Lackland AFB was established as a training facility to support Kelly Field during World War II. After the war, the base remained the primary, Air Force basic training installation and remained so throughout the Cold War. The base has acquired the former Q Area at Lackland Training Annex (Medina Base) and, recently, parts of the former Kelly AFB, including the Security Hill intelligence operations center.

Of the 1,018 Cold War inventoried buildings at Lackland AFB, only 193 were further evaluated because of their association with the Cold War missions of Lackland. Of the 193 buildings evaluated, 131 were recommended eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under Criterion Consideration G. The majority of these NRHP-eligible buildings (128) formed the Q Area at Lackland Training Annex (Medina).

A reassessment of the proposed historic district at Security Hill determined that Buildings 2000, 2028, and 2081 are recommended eligible for inclusion in the NRHP for their association with Cold War-era intelligence operations. The remaining buildings evaluated lack the exceptional Cold War significance required for listing under Criterion Consideration G.

Cite this Record

Lackland Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment. Edward Salo, Marsha Prior, Michelle Wurtz. 2002 ( tDAR id: 402807) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8402807

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking

General
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Geographic Keywords
Lackland Air Force Base • Texas (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era

Spatial Coverage

min long: -98.621; min lat: 29.363 ; max long: -98.573; max lat: 29.4 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio

Sponsor(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Geo-Marine, Inc.

Record Identifiers

Delivery Order Number(s): 0022

Contract Number(s): DACA63-99-D-0010

OMB Number(s): 0704-0188

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Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio