Evaluation of Historic Buildings Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee
Creators: name: Thomason Phillips
Publisher: name: Thomason and Associates, Preservation Planners
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Tennessee (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/702/tennessee-state-territory
subject: Coffee (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/5122/coffee-county
subject: Franklin (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3332/franklin-county
subject: Arnold Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/80982/arnold-air-force-base
subject: Cold War Era
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5551/cold-war-era
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7288/cold-war
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Building 251
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/118834/building-251
subject: Building 2108
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127092/building-2108
subject: Structure 20008
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127094/structure-20008
subject: Structure 20007
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127093/structure-20007
subject: Building 559
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127096/building-559
subject: Building 560
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127095/building-560
subject: Building 1506
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/94666/building-1506
subject: Building 1552
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/99354/building-1552
subject: Building 3039
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127098/building-3039
subject: Structure 3101
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127097/structure-3101
subject: Building 3038
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127099/building-3038
subject: ETF Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4493/etf-facility-complex
subject: Von Karman Gas Dynamics Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4494/von-karman-gas-dynamics-facility-complex
subject: VKF Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4495/vkf-facility-complex
subject: Propulsion Wind Tunnel Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4496/propulsion-wind-tunnel-facility-complex
subject: PWT Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4497/pwt-facility-complex
subject: Aerodynamic and Propulsion Test Unit Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4498/aerodynamic-and-propulsion-test-unit-facility-complex
subject: APTU Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4499/aptu-facility-complex
subject: J/4 Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4500/j4-facility-complex
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4437/aeropropulsion-systems-test-facility
subject: J/5 Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4501/j5-facility-complex
subject: Mark 1 Test Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4502/mark-1-test-facility-complex
subject: ASTF Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4503/astf-facility-complex
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Military Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/322/military-structure
subject: Engine Test Facility Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4492/engine-test-facility-complex
subject: Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/4035/historic-district
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey

description: This project was designed to address deficiencies in the 2006 GeoMarine report on the historic facilities at Arnold Air Force Base, specifically those associated with the Cold War. Additional background and archival research was undertaken to more fully develop the Cold War context within which Arnold Air Force Base should be evaluated. The result of this research and evaluation of Arnold Air Force Base is that the area containing the testing complexes meets the criteria for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as an historic district. The report finds that Arnold Air Force Base is nationally significant under National Register criteria A and C for its significance in the areas of military and engineering. It is also significant under Criterion Consideration G for having achieved exceptional significance within the past 50 years for its role in the successful testing and deployment of America’s missile system and space programs of the 1950s and 1960s.