Madras Army Air Field North Hangar (Madras, Oregon)
- Title
- Madras Army Air Field North Hangar (Madras, Oregon)
- LC Subject
- Architecture, American Architecture--United States
- Alternative
- North Hangar, Madras Army Air Field (Madras, Oregon)
- Creator
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Creator Display
- United States Army Corps of Engineers (builder/contractor)
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2015) The Madras Army Air Field North Hangar, constructed on the former Madras Army Air Base three miles northwest of the city of Madras, Oregon, is significant for its role in the mobilization and training of pilots from the U.S. Army Second and Fourth Air Forces during World War II. The Air Field was constructed in 1943 to accommodate bombardment squadrons and training for B-17 Bomber pilots. The rapid transformation of empty wheat fields into a fully-functioning air field and base stands as one of few local reminders of one of the nation’s outstanding war-time emergency projects. The North Hangar is also significant under as a rare, intact example of a World War II-era military aircraft hangar. The use of wood construction reflects the local environment, incorporating regionally abundant and inexpensive materials while meeting the Army’s demands for efficient construction. Relatively untouched except for early exterior changes following the war period, the hangar retains extremely high integrity, with the original materials and features still present and maintaining an exceptional association with its original setting due to continued aviation operations on the site.
- View
- Exterior: North and east hangar elevations, looking southwet
- Temporal
- 1940-1949
- Work Type
- architecture (object genre) single built works (built environment) military buildings transportation structures air and space transportation buildings hangars
- Location
- Madras Army Air Field North Hangar >> Jefferson County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 2028 Northwest Berg Drive, Madras, Oregon 97741
- Date
- 1943
- View Date
- 2014-06-25
- Identifier
- OR_JeffersonCounty_MadrasArmyAirFieldNorthHangar_0003
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
- Use Restrictions
- This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
- Source
- Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- Building Oregon
- Primary Set
- Building Oregon
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Citation
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/ Oregon Historic Sites Database, http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/
