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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Canteen & Brig, Railroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street, Vallejo, Solano County, CA
LocationRailroad Avenue near Eighteenth Street,
Vallejo, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1543-CT
Building/structure dates:
1943 initial construction
National Register Number: 96001058
Significance: Building 934, built in 1943, is considered significant for its association with U.S. Naval history and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY), the first naval installation on the west coast. Portions of MINSY comprise a National Historic Landmark. Building 934, however, is outside the landmark, but inside the Mare Island Historic District. Building 934 was used as a canteen and brig from 1943-53 by the Marine Corps Security Detachment unit assigned to guard the Naval Ammunition Depot. It is a contributing element of successful base operations at Mare Island and is a representative example of support structure design, construction methods and materials used on the island during WWII.
Subjects
CafeteriasMilitary PrisonsNaval Yards & Naval Stations
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
Northeast front, Building 936 is visible on the left
Oblique view of the northwest side and southwest rear, Building 936 is visible on the far right, and the Guard House and Barracks (Building 930) is visible in the background, far left
Southeast side, oblique, with Building 936 on the left
Northwest room, now a study hall, note unusual windows
Detail of a window in the northwest room of Building 934
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