{"nrhp_refnum":"94000052","name":"NAS Chase Field-Building 1015","other_names":["Landplane Hangar"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Byrd St. 0.82 mi. SSE of jct. of TX 202 and Independence St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beeville","county":"Bee County","state":"TX","lat":28.36941162900007,"lon":-97.66088256899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Building 1015, the Landplane Hangar, is a large two-story wood-frame aircraft hangar with a barrel-vault roof at the former NAS Chase Field on Byrd Street, Beeville, Bee County, Texas. It was completed in 1943 when the base was commissioned.","why_significant":"The hangar was one of the first buildings finished at the naval auxiliary air station and is the only World War II-era hangar built on the base. It reflects the Navy's pilot training mission and its expanded commitment to aviation during the war. It is also a distinctive building type engineered by the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks for the emergency construction program.","narrative":"Building 1015, known originally as the Landplane Hangar, is a two-story wood-frame aircraft hangar on Byrd Street at the former NAS Chase Field near Beeville, Texas. A low barrel-vault roof carried by laminated wooden trusses covers a large open interior, and aluminum doors about 91 feet wide open the front and rear. Completed in 1943, it was among the first buildings finished when the base was commissioned. Robert & Company designed it, and Brown Bellows & Columbia served as general contractor. It is the only World War II-era hangar built on the base and is the largest surviving historic resource there. The hangar reflects the Navy's pilot training mission and its expanded commitment to aviation, and it represents a building type developed by the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks for wartime emergency construction. Alterations include removal of the control tower in 1957, shed-roof additions in 1969 and 1970, and enclosed balconies in 1971. It was used for offices and storage until the base closed in 1993.","period_of_significance":"1943-1945","architect_builder":"Robert & Company/Brown Bellows & Columbia","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; it served as office and storage space until the base closed in 1993. The building is in good condition with its integrity largely intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.690444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/9681/40968187/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94000052.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000052/1a81aba8c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000052/1a81aba8c2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Building_1015_(land_plane_hangar),_looking_north_-_Naval_Air_Station_Chase_Field,_Building_1015,_Byrd_Street,_.82_mile_South-southeast_of_intersection_of_Texas_HABS_TEX,13-BEEVI.V,1C-6.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Building_1015_(land_plane_hangar),_looking_north_-_Naval_Air_Station_Chase_Field,_Building_1015,_Byrd_Street,_.82_mile_South-southeast_of_intersection_of_Texas_HABS_TEX,13-BEEVI.V,1C-6.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968187","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001197"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bee-county/nas-chase-field-building-1015-94000052/"}