{"nrhp_refnum":"94000054","name":"NAS Chase Field-Building 1042","other_names":["Brig"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ofstie Rd. 0.6 mi. SSE of the jct. of TX 202 and Independence St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beeville","county":"Bee County","state":"TX","lat":28.372212175000072,"lon":-97.66115352099996,"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 1042, the Old Brig, is a one-story wood-frame building at NAS Chase Field in Beeville, Bee County, Texas, built in 1943 as the base jail and designed by Robert & Company from standard Navy Yards and Docks guidelines.","why_significant":"It is one of 30 surviving resources from the original 1943-1944 construction of Chase Field and keeps its original appearance to a remarkable degree. It conveys the World War II era and the emergency military construction conditions under which it was built. It is nominated at the local level under Criterion A for its association with the naval auxiliary air station and its wartime mission.","narrative":"Building 1042, known as the Old Brig, is a small one-story jail at the former NAS Chase Field in Beeville, Texas. Built in 1943 to a standard Navy Yards and Docks plan by Robert & Company, it has a modified T-shaped layout, a concrete-slab foundation, wood-frame walls covered in galbestos siding, and a flat built-up roof. Barred double-hung windows mark the section that held its three cells. The brig housed naval personnel who committed minor infractions, while serious offenses were handled at NAS Corpus Christi. It served as a brig until 1969, when a modern detention center was built and the old building became an armory. The building has no notable architectural ornament, but it has changed very little on the exterior. It was listed because it is one of 30 surviving original resources from the base's 1943-1944 construction and clearly evokes the World War II period and the base's naval training mission. The property is currently vacant.","period_of_significance":"1943-1945","architect_builder":"Robert & Company/Brown Bellows & Columbia","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current use is listed as vacant/not in use; the building is in good-to-fair condition and was converted to an armory in 1969.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.219497-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/9681/40968179/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94000054.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000054/8c8fdd1bbe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000054/8c8fdd1bbe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overview_of_Essex_Street,_with_Building_1042_(brig)_in_foreground_and_Building_1009_(enlisted_waves_barracks),_toward_rear,_looking_northwest_-_Naval_Air_Station_Chase_Field,_HABS_TEX,13-BEEVI.V,1-3.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968179","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001193"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bee-county/nas-chase-field-building-1042-94000054/"}