Hangar 9 stands at the northern corner of Inner Circle Road and Challenger Drive on the grounds of the former Brooks Air Force Base. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with a broad gambrel roof supported by massive wooden trusses. The exterior is finished with vertical board siding, its long sides dotted with windows. The north and south facades each have four 16-foot (4.9 m) rail-mounted sliding doors, which originally provided access for the movement of aircraft into and out of the building. The interior is essentially unfinished, with wall studs and roof trusses exposed.[3]
Hangar 9 was one of sixteen similar wood structures built at Brooks Field early in 1918. By the 1960s, only Hangar 9 remained. When, in the 1960s the Air Force proposed Hangar 9's demolition, the Bexar County Historical Society was given permission to restore the building. The building was dedicated as the Edward H. White II Aviation Museum in 1968. The museum, then known as the Edward H. White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine, closed in 2011 with the closing of the base.[4] As part of the base's redevelopment as the mixed-use Brooks City-Base community, it has been restored for use as an events venue, hosting weddings as well as corporate and other events.[5]
hangar, brooks, force, base, hangar, historic, aircraft, hangar, brooks, city, base, former, brooks, force, base, antonio, texas, built, 1918, oldest, force, aircraft, storage, repair, facility, only, surviving, hangar, other, than, asuw, shellhouse, from, wor. Hangar 9 is a historic aircraft hangar at Brooks City Base the former Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas Built in 1918 it is the oldest U S Air Force aircraft storage and repair facility and is the only surviving hangar other than the ASUW Shellhouse from World War I The building now rehabilitated as a special event facility was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 2 Hangar 9U S National Register of Historic PlacesU S National Historic LandmarkRecorded Texas Historic LandmarkShow map of TexasShow map of the United StatesLocationBrooks City Base San Antonio TexasCoordinates29 20 37 N 98 26 37 W 29 34361 N 98 44361 W 29 34361 98 44361Arealess than one acreBuilt1918 1918 ArchitectThomas amp Harmon Co NRHP reference No 70000895RTHL No 13363Significant datesAdded to NRHPMay 21 1970 1 Designated NHLDecember 8 1976 2 Designated RTHL1967 Contents 1 Description and history 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksDescription and history EditHangar 9 stands at the northern corner of Inner Circle Road and Challenger Drive on the grounds of the former Brooks Air Force Base It is a two story wood frame structure with a broad gambrel roof supported by massive wooden trusses The exterior is finished with vertical board siding its long sides dotted with windows The north and south facades each have four 16 foot 4 9 m rail mounted sliding doors which originally provided access for the movement of aircraft into and out of the building The interior is essentially unfinished with wall studs and roof trusses exposed 3 Hangar 9 was one of sixteen similar wood structures built at Brooks Field early in 1918 By the 1960s only Hangar 9 remained When in the 1960s the Air Force proposed Hangar 9 s demolition the Bexar County Historical Society was given permission to restore the building The building was dedicated as the Edward H White II Aviation Museum in 1968 The museum then known as the Edward H White II Museum of Aerospace Medicine closed in 2011 with the closing of the base 4 As part of the base s redevelopment as the mixed use Brooks City Base community it has been restored for use as an events venue hosting weddings as well as corporate and other events 5 See also EditNational Register of Historic Places listings in Bexar County Texas List of National Historic Landmarks in TexasReferences Edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 a b Hangar 9 Brooks Air Force Base National Historic Landmark summary listing National Park Service Archived from the original on 2009 01 13 Retrieved 2008 06 25 NHL nomination for Hangar 9 Brooks Air Force Base National Park Service Retrieved 2018 01 06 Hangar 9 Brooks Air Force Base National Park Service Retrieved 23 October 2014 Hangar 9 Live Brooks Retrieved 2017 01 06 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hangar 9 Brooks Air Force Base Brooks Air Force Base Handbook of Texas Online nbsp This article about a property in Texas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hangar 9 Brooks Air Force Base amp oldid 1166307490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
