A Cultural Resources Survey of Cold War Era Resources at Arnold Air Force Base Coffee and Franklin Counties, Tennessee - Volume I: Project Results - Final

Author(s): Matthew Prybylski; Amanda Kincaid; Mathia N. Scherer; Savannah Darr

Year: 2014

Summary

Inventory and evaluation of 563 Cold War era resources including review of the 2005 and 2008 historic facility results and recommendations. Results of this project include recommendation of 86 historic facilities as eligible for listing to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and a proposed Arnold Air Force Base Test Facilities Historic District. This district is to be made up of three components; the Arnold Engineering and Development Complex, the Elk River Dam and Woods Reservoir Historic Landscape and the Test Utilities Historic Landscape.

This report is divided into three volumes. Volume I is intended as a desk reference and includes the project summary (Section 1.0), an environmental context (Section 2.0), a historic context (Section 3.0), methodology (Section 3.0), previous surveys (Section 4.0), a summary of the resources and National Register of Historic Places assessments (Section 5.0), recommendations and conclusions (Section 6.0), and references (Section 7.0). Volume II is comprised completely of the building descriptions, National Register of Historic Places recommendations, mapping, and relevant photographs. Volume III is the appendices and includes the Tennessee Historical Commission architectural forms and extra photographs.

Cite this Record

A Cultural Resources Survey of Cold War Era Resources at Arnold Air Force Base Coffee and Franklin Counties, Tennessee - Volume I: Project Results - Final. Matthew Prybylski, Amanda Kincaid, Mathia N. Scherer, Savannah Darr. 2014 ( tDAR id: 469722) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8469722

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials

Site Name
Building 521 • Building 522 • Building 526 • Building 527 • Building 528 • Building 530 • Building 531 • Building 532 • Building 533 • Building 534 • Building 535 • Building 536 • Building 537 • Building 540 • Building 541 • Building 542

Site Type
Arnold Air Force Base Test Facilities Historic District • Arnold Engineering and Development Complex • Elk River Dam and Woods Reservoir Historic Landscape • Historic Governmental Structure • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures • Test Utilities Historic Landscape • Woods Reservoir Historic Landscape

Investigation Types
Architectural Survey

General
Historic District • Historic District Proposal • Tennessee Historical Commission

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

Temporal Keywords
20th Century • 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

Record Identifiers

AMEC Project No.(s): 928050041

AMEC CRM Project No.(s): 13-003

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