An Inventory of Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

Author(s): James Levenson; Bruce Verhaaren

Year: 2009

Summary

This document presents the results of an inventory conducted in May 2007 of Cold War era structures at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Of the 163 structures inventoried, 10 were judged to have specific and important association with historically important Cold War themes. This includes structures in two proposed historic districts, the North Flight line Historic District, and the Elephant Cage Historic District, and two additional structures. These structures are all associated with one of three historically important Cold War themes: (1) command, control, and communications, (2) intercept capability, and (3) intelligence gathering.

Cite this Record

An Inventory of Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. James Levenson, Bruce Verhaaren. 2009 ( tDAR id: 457957) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8457957

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Keywords

Site Name
ANC-00818 • ANC-00915 • ANC-00918 • ANC-00923 • ANC-00925 • ANC-00927 • ANC-00936 • ANC-00937 • ANC-00938 • ANC-00939 • ANC-00940 • ANC-00941 • ANC-00942 • ANC-00943 • ANC-00944 • ANC-00945 • ANC-00951 • ANC-00952 • ANC-00955 • ANC-00956 • ANC-00957 • ANC-03211 • ANC-03215 • ANC-03216 • ANC-03218 • ANC-03219 • Building 10327 • Building 10427 • Building 10435 • Building 10437 • Building 10441 • Building 10449 • Building 10471 • Building 10480 • Building 10488 • Building 10492 • Building 10555 • Building 10641 • Building 11415 • Building 11535 • Building 11575 • Building 11723 • Building 11735 • Building 1275 • Building 13272 • Building 13373 • Building 14408 • Building 14410 • Building 14415 • Building 14777 • Building 15380 • Building 15423 • Building 15431 • Building 15455 • Building 15526 • Building 15534 • Building 15658 • Building 16322 • Building 16430 • Building 16519 • Building 16521 • Building 16710 • Building 16716 • Building 16718 • Building 17724 • Building 18176 • Building 18220 • Building 18224 • Building 18762 • Building 18877 • Building 25304 • Building 27365 • Building 27369 • Building 28590 • Building 28707 • Building 30680 • Building 31562 • Building 33415 • Building 33855 • Building 34387 • Building 34395 • Building 34405 • Building 34413 • Building 34421 • Building 35427 • Building 35435 • Building 35443 • Building 35465 • Building 35475 • Building 35485 • Building 35491 • Building 35499 • Building 35505 • Building 3786 • Building 4109 • Building 4241 • Building 4251 • Building 4414 • Building 4416 • Building 5126 • Building 5188 • Building 5201 • Building 5250 • Building 5253 • Building 5257 • Building 5329 • Building 5333 • Building 5337 • Building 5374 • Building 5375 • Building 5385 • Building 6104 • Building 6136 • Building 6210 • Building 6211 • Building 6230 • Building 6242 • Building 6252 • Building 6253 • Building 6254 • Building 6256 • Building 6258 • Building 6260 • Building 6262 • Building 6264 • Building 6265 • Building 6266 • Building 6326 • Building 6527 • Building 6534 • Building 7111 • Building 7113 • Building 7122 • Building 7135 • Building 7137 • Building 7148 • Building 7152 • Building 7153 • Building 7163 • Building 7174 • Building 7176 • Building 7179 • Building 7181 • Building 7210 • Building 7228 • Building 7263 • Building 7271 • Building 7348 • Building 7371 • Building 7373 • Building 7375 • Building 7459 • Building 7535 • Building 8111 • Building 8113 • Building 8124 • Building 8126 • Building 8128 • Building 8130 • Building 8132 • Building 8197 • Building 8199 • Building 8237 • Building 8286 • Building 8322 • Building 8364 • Building 8366 • Building 8371 • Building 8373 • Building 8375 • Building 8377 • Building 8497 • Building 8511 • Building 8515 • Building 8517 • Building 8559 • Building 9327 • Building 9372 • Building 9374 • Building 9378 • Building 9382 • Building 9386 • Building 9387 • Building 9480 • Building 9497 • Building 9510 • Building 9559 • Building 9569 • Building 9637 • Family Child Care Building Show More

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Historic Background Research • Records Search / Inventory Checking • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Ancillary Structures • CES Storage Shed • Cultural Resources • Family Housing • Hangers • Historic Buildings • Industrial Housing • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson • Large Munitions Storage Igloos • Maintenance Hangers • Mitigation • Munitions Storage • North Flight line • North Woods • Storage Units • The Cold War • Warehouse Area

Geographic Keywords
Alaska (State / Territory) • Anchorage, AK • Elmendorf Air Force Base • North Woods

Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era • Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -150.152; min lat: 61.041 ; max long: -149.363; max lat: 61.381 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson CRM Manager

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