Evaluation of Historic Buildings Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee

Author(s): Thomason Phillips

Year: 2008

Summary

This project was designed to address deficiencies in the 2006 GeoMarine report on the historic facilities at Arnold Air Force Base, specifically those associated with the Cold War. Additional background and archival research was undertaken to more fully develop the Cold War context within which Arnold Air Force Base should be evaluated. The result of this research and evaluation of Arnold Air Force Base is that the area containing the testing complexes meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as an historic district. The report finds that Arnold Air Force Base is nationally significant under National Register criteria A and C for its significance in the areas of military and engineering. It is also significant under Criterion Consideration G for having achieved exceptional significance within the past 50 years for its role in the successful testing and deployment of America’s missile system and space programs of the 1950s and 1960s.

Cite this Record

Evaluation of Historic Buildings Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. Thomason Phillips. 2008 ( tDAR id: 469679) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469679

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Site Name
Building 1506 • Building 1552 • Building 2108 • Building 251 • Building 3038 • Building 3039 • Building 559 • Building 560 • Structure 20007 • Structure 20008 • Structure 3101

Site Type
Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit Facility Complex • Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility • APTU Facility Complex • ASTF Facility Complex • Engine Test Facility Complex • ETF Facility Complex • Historic Governmental Structure • J/4 Facility Complex • J/5 Facility Complex • Mark 1 Test Facility Complex • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility Complex • PWT Facility Complex • VKF Facility Complex • Von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility Complex

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey

General
Historic District • National Register of Historic Places

Geographic Keywords
Arnold Air Force Base • Coffee (County) • Franklin (County) • Tennessee (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Cold War • Cold War Era • Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -86.236; min lat: 35.3 ; max long: -85.918; max lat: 35.473 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Arnold Air Force Base CRM Manager

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