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Item Title
Mill Valley Air Force Station, East Ridge Crest Boulevard, Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, Marin County, CA
LocationMount Tamalpais,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2615
Building/structure dates:
1951 initial construction
Significance: Mill Valley Air Force Station (MVAFS) played a significant role in the United States Air Defense system during the period of the Cold War. The threat of Soviet nuclear and air force power warranted the construction of early warning radar stations throughout the country. With the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent end to the Cold War, retrospective scholarship has labeled contributing defense systems, such as early warning radar, important features of United States military history. In fact, America's first major construction project as a result of Cold War hostilities was, apparently, the system of early warning radar stations of which Mill Valley Air Force Station was one. The National Park Service (NPS) leased the MVAFS in 1983. Also in the possession of the NPS is a Nike Missile Site located at Fort Barry. Together these two sites represent a major part of the air defense system utilized by the United States during the Cold War period.
Related Names
Holabird, Root & Burgee
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW OF THE SITE FROM PANORAMIC HIGHWAY NEAR MUIR WOODS, LOOKING NORTH-NORTHWEST.
2. DISTANT VIEW OF THE SITE LOOKING TOWARDS MILL VALLEY AND SAN FRANCISCO IN THE DISTANCE, LOOKING WEST.
3. DISTANT VIEW OF THE MAIL HILL FROM RADAR DOMES, LOOKING WEST-NORTHWEST.
4. DISTANT VIEW OF MILL VALLEY AIR FORCE STATION FROM RIDGECREST BOULEVARD, LOOKING WEST.
5. EXTERIOR CONTEXT VIEW OF THE RESIDENCES ON THE LEFT AND THE BACHELOR AIRMEN QUARTERS ON THE RIGHT, LOOKING WEST-SOUTHWEST.
6. CONTEXT VIEW OF THE WEST END OF THE SITE WITH BUILDING 104 ON THE RIGHT, LOOKING EAST-NORTHEAST.
7. CONTEXT VIEW OF THE WEST END OF THE SITE, BUILDING 102 IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
8. DETAIL VIEW OF THE POWER POLES, WITH BUILDING 204 IN THE CENTER DISTANCE, LOOKING NORTH.
9. OVERALL CONTEXT OF SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH PIPES BETWEEN BUILDING 102 AND 104, LOOKING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST.
10. CONTEXT VIEW OF RANDOMES FROM NEAR THE EXPLOSIVE STORAGE SHED, LOOKING EAST-NORTHEAST.
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