Hughes Aircraft Company, 6775 Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Significance: Primarily developed between 1941 and 1953 and in continuous use to the present, the subject structures of the Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City plant, constitute a unique and remarkably intact example of one of the first large-scale aircraft production centers. It provides a physical link with the historical origin and evolution of the aviation and aerospace industry, a technological economy which has played an essential role in the development of modern southern California. ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1616

Survey number: HAER CA-174

Building/structure dates: 1941- 1953 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

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