National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lakehurst Lighter-Than-Air Historic District [Draft]

Author(s): John Joyce

Year: 2005

Summary

This is the draft nomination form for the Lakehurst Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Historic District and incorporates revisions to the contributing elements list as identified in a 2004 condition assessment. The LTA Historic District represents a cluster of early air transportation facilities located in the heart of Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES) Lakehurst, formerly known as Naval Air Station (NAS) Lakehurst. The district comprises 74 contributing properties and 10 non-contributing properties. Contributing properties are buildings and structures constructed between 1919 and 1953 as part of the Navy’s LTA aviation program that involved operation of both rigid and non-rigid airships.

The district is dominated visually by six large airship hangars, the most imposing of which is Hangar 1, and includes an industrial area and arms that extend northwest to a residential and administrative area, northeast to include Hangar 4, and southwest to Landing Mat #1, the site of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. The district also has two non-contiguous outlying areas—Hangars 5 and 6, Landing Mat #3, and various support facilities and the Cathedral of the Air and associated grounds–and one isolated property, the Radio Transmitter Building.

Cite this Record

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lakehurst Lighter-Than-Air Historic District [Draft]. John Joyce. 2005 ( tDAR id: 438021) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8438021

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Site Name
Building 120 • Hangar No. 1 National Historic Landmark • Hindenburg Crash Site

Site Type
Domestic Structures • Historic Church / Religious Structure • Military Operational Facilities • Military Structure • Military Support Facilities • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Heritage Management

General
Airship Landing Mat • Anti-submarine reconnaissance • Art Deco • Bachelor Officers' Quarters • Blimp • Cathedral of the Air • Colonial Revival • Helium Purification Plant • LTA Historic District • Married Officers' Quarters • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form • Naval Air Station • Rigid Airship • Strategic Defense • USS Akron • USS Los Angeles • USS Macon • USS Shenandoah • World War II Timber Hangar

Geographic Keywords
Jackson Township • Lakehurst, NJ • Lakehurst Borough • Manchester Township • New Jersey (State / Territory) • Ocean (County)

Temporal Keywords
Cold Ware Era • Interwar Period • World War II

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1921 to 1962 (Period of Significance)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -74.351; min lat: 40.015 ; max long: -74.307; max lat: 40.046 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base

Prepared By(s): Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst

Submitted To(s): New Jersey Historic Preservation Office

Record Identifiers

NPS Form (s): 10-900-a

OMB Approval No(s): 1024-0018

File Information

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2004-LTA-historic-district_NRHP-Nomination.pdf 18.26mb Oct 1, 1990 May 5, 2023 8:03:34 AM Confidential
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Contact(s): Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Air Force Base