Scott Field Historic District

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Scott Field Historic District
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The field in 1930, in the area of the present day Historic District
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Nearest city O'Fallon, Illinois
Coordinates 38°32′22″N89°51′46″W / 38.53944°N 89.86278°W / 38.53944; -89.86278
Area85 acres (34 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival, Art Deco [1]
NRHP reference No. 94000060 [2]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 1994

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. [1] 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. [1]

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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. [2]

See also

21st Airship Group

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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)
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "Corporal Frank S. Scott". Scott AFB History Office. 2006-04-17. Archived from the original on April 23, 2004. Retrieved 2014-07-12.