{"nrhp_refnum":"94000050","name":"NAS Chase Field-Building 1001","other_names":["Administration Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Independence St., 0.45 mi. S of jct. with TX 202","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beeville","county":"Bee County","state":"TX","lat":28.372958138000058,"lon":-97.66359319999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Building 1001, the Administration Building at NAS Chase Field on Independence Street in Beeville, Bee County, Texas. It is a 2-story H-shaped wood-frame building with a 4-story central tower, completed in 1943.","why_significant":"It served as the headquarters of the naval air station throughout the base's history, and every commanding officer kept an office there. It is tied to the World War II military base construction program and the growth of naval aviation. It is also a good, slightly altered example of temporary World War II military architecture, nominated at the local level.","narrative":"Built in 1943, Building 1001 served as the administrative headquarters of NAS Chase Field near Beeville, Texas. The two-story, H-shaped wood-frame building rises to a four-story central tower whose upper floors give a panoramic view of the installation. It rests on a pier-and-beam foundation and has a flat tar-and-gravel roof. Galbestos siding, added in 1964, covers the original lapped wood siding, and interior walls have been moved over the years. Otherwise it has changed little. Robert & Company, an Atlanta firm with a Corpus Christi branch office, designed it, and the Houston consortium Brown Bellows & Columbia was the general contractor. A nearly identical building survives at NAS Kingsville. Known as the Skipper's office, it housed every commanding officer until the base closed in 1993. It is valued as a link to the Navy's presence in the Beeville area and as an example of the emergency construction the Navy undertook during World War II.","period_of_significance":"1943-1945","architect_builder":"Robert & Company/Brown Bellows & Columbia","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed current use as vacant/not in use; the base closed in 1993. The building is described as in good condition with very little alteration since 1943.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.983483-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/9681/40968173/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94000050.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000050/677d23b286-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000050/677d23b286-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overview_of_site,_looking_northeast_-_Naval_Air_Station_Chase_Field,_Building_1001,_Independence_Street,_.45_mile_south_of_intersection_of_Texas_State_Highway_and_Independence_HABS_TEX,13-BEEVI.V,1A-8.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overview_of_site,_looking_northeast_-_Naval_Air_Station_Chase_Field,_Building_1001,_Independence_Street,_.45_mile_south_of_intersection_of_Texas_State_Highway_and_Independence_HABS_TEX,13-BEEVI.V,1A-8.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS_Chase_Field-Building_1001","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6952558"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bee-county/nas-chase-field-building-1001-94000050/"}