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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:6018-6020 Hangar A Rd historic name:Building 53 Hangar A
Tillamook vcty, Tillamook County (97141) current/other names:Tillamook Biogas Facility: Hooley Digester
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:US Naval Air Station 1948 Map 11-J twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):1.0 total elig resources:1 total inelig resources:2
elig evaluation: eligible/contributing NR Status: Delisted
prim constr date:1942 second date:c.2000 date indiv listed:
primary orig use: Naval Facility orig use comments:
second orig use: Agric. Processing
primary style: Utilitarian prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Not Applicable siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type: Other/Undefined architect:
builder:
comments/notes:
Historic structure destroyed by fire. Concrete slab and structure have been rehabed for use as composting and digester facility.
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Port of Tillamook Bay Survey & Inventory Project 2010
   Tillamook Naval Air Station Historic District Potential Historic District 2010
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: N/A
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date: 05/02/2010
106 Project(s)
SHPO Case Date Agency Effect Eval
10-0699 05/02/2010 no adverse effect
Special Assess Project(s): None
Federal Tax Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
After WWII, the U.S. Air Force trained aircraft mechanics here, which was run by the Arlington Aeronautical School of Flight & Engineering. Blimp Hangar 'A' (one of two timber hangars). On August 22, 1992, Hangar A fell to a ferocious fire which engulfed the entire structure in a matter of minutes. Wooden arch trusses were once attached to the concrete bents. The concrete pylons that supported a massive box-beam are all that remain of the original hangar today.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society: Other Respository:NAS Tillamook.org website
Bibliography:
http://www.nastillamook.org/gallery/historical/rock_wilfred-01.htm and http://www.nastillamook.org/gallery/hangara/ha-bents.htm