Scott Field Historic District began as a World War I era air base built in 1917 near O'Fallon, Illinois, and was expanded and rebuilt before World War II.[2] The district contains primarily that portion of the base built prior to 1941, and is now contained within the renamed, expanded, and operational Scott Air Force Base. The district boundaries include 107 contributing buildings and structures, and exclude post-1945 buildings built in the areas surrounding the 1917 Main Base area.[2]
Scott Field Historic District | |
 The field in 1930, in the area of the present day Historic District | |
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| Nearest city | O'Fallon, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 38°32′22″N 89°51′46″W / 38.53944°N 89.86278°W |
| Area | 85 acres (34 ha) |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Art Deco[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000060[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 10, 1994 |
Scott Field was named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces to die in an aircraft accident.[3]
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
Airship Hangar Illustrations at Scott Field
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Dirigible Exiting Hangar at Scott Field in 1922 -
Postcard of Lighter-Than-Air Dirigible Hangar, Scott Field, Illinois -
U.S. Army TC-6 airship at Scott Field in 1925
See also
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Philip Thomason (September 13, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Scott Field Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Corporal Frank S. Scott". Scott AFB History Office. 2006-04-17. Archived from the original on April 23, 2004. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scott Air Force Base.
- Official website Scott AFB
- "Scott air force base history". Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2006-08-31.
- National Park Service (August 29, 2017). "Scott Field Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Program. U.S. Department of the Interior.