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LocationReeves & Moffett Roads,
Kaneohe, HI
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS HI-311-F
Significance: Building 477 was built from Quonset huts which were erected on Kaneohe Naval Air Station during the late years of WWII. Thousands of Quonset huts were erected as temporary buildings worldwide during the war and they became the "archetypical military building type of the war." The Quonset hut is one of the forerunners of the trend to mass-produce building products and standardize erection techniques, and the huts were extensively used at Kaneohe Naval Air Station for housing and training facilities.
Subjects
War (World War II)Military FacilitiesQuonset Huts
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
Contextual view of Building 477 along Reeves Road, view facing east
Front elevation of Building 477, view facing northeast
Side elevation of Building 477 showing the shed roof addition and horizontal siding at the ends, view facing northwest
Oblique view of Building 477 showing the southeast end (left) and the northeast side (right), view facing west
Oblique view of the northeast side, note the lava rock stem wall below the windows of the shed-roof addition, view facing west
Oblique view of the northwest end (left) and the southwest side (right), view facing east
Interior view of the living room, doorways to kitchen and toilet at the back wall, view facing northwest
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