Ladd Field, Birchwood Hangar, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
Summary
Significance: Named after first hangar constructed at Birchwood Airfield near Anchorage. These large wood frame hangars were built at a number of Alaska bases but few survive. Ladd Field was the site for the turnover of lend-lease aircraft to the Russians.
Survey number: HABS AK-36-B
Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85002730
Tags
Date
1950 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
alaska, 64.82779, -147.64292
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
