Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District

Quantico Marine Corps Base occupies roughly 100 square miles along the western shore of the Potomac River in Prince William and Stafford Counties, Virginia. Its historic district includes 239 contributing buildings, structures, sites and objects, most dating from 1918 to 1949, organized into seven themes: aviation, education, first permanent construction, Lustron houses, the Naval Clinic, African American Marine barracks, and industrial facilities. Aviation is a major part of the story. Between 1918 and 1946 the base's air fields served as the Marine Corps' primary aviation center. The surviving brick and steel hangars at the Air Facility, formerly Turner Field, reflect growing aircraft size and wartime training needs. Colonial Revival barracks and the Naval Regional Medical Clinic buildings, including a three-story brick hospital completed in 1939, show the base's permanent construction. Prefabricated metal Lustron houses from 1949 add a postwar housing chapter. The district was listed for its military history and architecture.