A Historic Context Statement for a World War II Era Black Officers' Club at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (Legacy 93-0945)
Summary
This context is the first effort at evaluating a WWII period building at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for nomination to the National Register. The building was used as the Black Officers' Club in the time before integration of the forces. The document includes an appendix discussion of German POW stonework at Fort Leonard Wood.
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A Historic Context Statement for a World War II Era Black Officers' Club at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (Legacy 93-0945). ( tDAR id: 468106) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8468106
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Keywords
Site Type
Non-Domestic Structures
Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation
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Historic Background Research
General
African American History
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Black Officer's Club
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Building 2101
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Fort Leonard Wood
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German POW
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Historic Context
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Mural
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National Register of Historic Places
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Samuel Albert Countee
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Stonework
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World War II
Geographic Keywords
Fort Leonard Wood
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Missouri
Temporal Keywords
World War II
Spatial Coverage
min long: -92.3; min lat: 37.584 ; max long: -91.981; max lat: 37.831 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): OSD Cultural Resources Program
Prepared By(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering and Research Laboratory, Champaign, Illinois
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A Historic Context Statement for a World War II Era Black Officers' Club at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri - Report (Legacy 93-0945) (1998)
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This context is the first effort at evaluating a WWII period building at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for nomination to the National Register. The building was used as the Black Officers' Club in the time before integration of the forces. The document includes an appendix discussion of German POW stonework at Fort Leonard Wood.