Hangars 4 and 5, Pope Air Force Base

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Hangars 4 and 5, Pope Air Force Base
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LocationBldg. 708, Pope AFB, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°10′40″N79°0′52″W / 35.17778°N 79.01444°W / 35.17778; -79.01444
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1934 (1934)
MPS Pope Air Force Base Early Expansion MPS
NRHP reference No. 90002153 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1991

Pope Air Force Base Historic District is a historic airplane hangar located at Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1934, and has a double-bay metal superstructure resting on a concrete foundation and floor. It is of bowstring truss construction. The building measures 333 feet, 6 inches, by 124 feet. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Lesley Drucker and Susan Jackson (November 1987). "Pope Air Force Base Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.