US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building

US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building

US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building
Location Jct. Of Channel Blvd. and Flake Ave., Topsail Beach, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°22′2″N 77°37′49″W / 34.36722°N 77.63028°W / 34.36722; -77.63028Coordinates: 34°22′2″N 77°37′49″W / 34.36722°N 77.63028°W / 34.36722; -77.63028
Area less than one acre
Built 1946 (1946)
MPS US Naval Ordnance Test Facilities, Topsail Island MPS
NRHP Reference # 93000909[1]
Added to NRHP September 14, 1993

US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building is a historic building located at Topsail Island, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built in 1946 by Kellex Corporation, and is a 1 1/2-story, reinforced concrete and concrete block building. It measures 75 feet by 82 feet and has a low-pitched, gable-front roof. The building was abandoned by the military in 1948 and subsequently used for commercial and recreational purposed. It was erected for the purpose of fabricating and storing missiles used in "Operation Bumblebee."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Edward F. Turberg (May 1993). "US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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