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 1 drawings |  7 b&w photos |  28 data pages | 1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Chanute Air Force Base, East of Route 45 & south of Rantoul, Rantoul vicinity, Champaign County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HABS ILL,10-RAN.V,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 1 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 7 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 27 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS IL-1185
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N276).
Significance: From its establishment in 1917 as a military aviation school, until its closure on September 30, 1993, Chanute AFB has served almost continuously as a technical training center for the United States Air Force. As one of the oldest military installations in the Air Force inventory, Chanute AFB has played an important role in the development of the American air defense system. Since its construction, the area of the Chanute AFB Historic District has served as the installation's administrative core. The design and construction of the buildings and structures within the District reflect the extraordinary growth of the installation just prior to and during the early years of World War II. It was during that period that the base was rapidly transformed from a collection of neglected, wooden, World War I-era buildings into the permanent brick and steel features that remain as the Chanute AFB Historic District.
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Champaign County--Rantoul vicinity
OTHER TITLE:
Chanute Field
Chanute Technical Training Center
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0732
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. View looking southeast down senior officer row. Building 6 on left and senior officer housing on right. Galaxy Street in foreground.
2. View from apron C looking north showing hangars 1,3, and 2.
3. View of Building 3 from south along Sentry Street.
4. View of Building 3 looking north down Jolly Green Street toward firehouse.
5. View down Curtiss Street looking southeast with Buildings 63 and 56 on left and NCO housing on right.
6. View looking northwest in back of senior officer row with garage 15 on left and house 11 on right.
7. View looking northwest in back of NCO houses 70-74 with garage 75 on left and house 74 in right foreground.
CONTROL #:
IL0732
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