National Register of Historic Places Significance Evaluation of the African-American Barracks Locale (8.3 Acres) at Camp Forrest (40CF310) Arnold Air Force Base Coffee and Franklin Counties, Tennessee (Draft Final Report)
Creators: name: Hillori Schenker
name: Kincaid, Amanda
name: Mathia Scherer
name: Wampler, Marc E.
Publisher: name: AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.
Year: 2010
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: Camp Forrest
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85510/camp-forrest
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: 20th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/4/20th-century
subject: World War II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3992/world-war-ii
subject: African American Troops
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9416/african-american-troops
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: African American Soldiers
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/9417/african-american-soldiers
subject: African American
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/26/african-american
subject: 40CF310
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/127089/40cf310
subject: Military Barracks
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/4511/military-barracks
subject: Military Housing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/3043/military-housing
subject: Building Materials
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/8/building-materials
subject: 827th Tank Destroyer Battalion
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167263/827th-tank-destroyer-battalion
subject: The 184th Field Artillery Regiment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167264/the-184th-field-artillery-regiment
subject: 257th Signal Construction Company
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167262/257th-signal-construction-company
subject: The 586th Ordinance Ammunition Company
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167267/the-586th-ordinance-ammunition-company
subject: The 366th Engineer General Service Regiment
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167268/the-366th-engineer-general-service-regiment
subject: The 931st Field Artillery Battalion Service Battery
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167265/the-931st-field-artillery-battalion-service-battery
subject: The 580th Ordinance Ammunition Company
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167266/the-580th-ordinance-ammunition-company
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Ethnohistoric Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/17/ethnohistoric-research
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research

description: From January to May 2010, AMEC Earth &amp; Environmental conducted archival research for the African-American barracks locale (8.3 acres) at Camp Forrest (40CF310). The research was conducted to gather information toward a historic context to assess the significance of the locale with regard to its National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility status. Several local, state, and federal repositories were visited and researched for the project in an effort to gather as much information as possible about the African-American military experience at Camp Forrest. Another goal of the research was to attempt to locate living African-American soldiers that served at Camp Forrest and interview them to gather first-hand information about their military experience. Attempts were also made to locate interview transcripts of African-American soldiers that served at Camp Forrest. AMEC’s archival research for the African-American barracks locale at Camp Forrest has provided insight into how the site was arranged, how it operated, and what training occurred. Recommendations were, that compared to the overall African-American military experience during World War II as represented at other military facilities where there is more archival documentation, extant African-American barracks and work areas or documentation of African-American barracks and work areas, and more informant interviews, the African-American barracks locale at Camp Forrest is not eligible for listing on the NRHP. The Tennessee State Historic Preservation Office concurred.