Lansing Civil Air Patrol Quonset Huts facts for kids
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9622nd Army Air Corps Reserve Recovery Unit--Civil Air Patrol Quonset Huts
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 Location in Michigan
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| Location | 16601 Airport Rd., Lansing, Michigan |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built by | Butler Manufacturing Co. |
| Architectural style | Quonset huts |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001017 |
| Added to NRHP | August 16, 1991 |
The Civil Air Patrol Quonset Huts were special buildings called Quonset huts. There were three of them located in Lansing, Michigan. They were near the Capital Region International Airport. These huts were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. They are also part of the Historic American Engineering Record. Today, these huts are gone. People believe they were taken down.
History of the Quonset Huts
These Quonset huts were made by the Butler Manufacturing Company. They were sent to Lansing in 1941. The huts were set up in November 1941. They were used to house a new group called the 9622nd USAF Reserve Recovery Unit.
Soon after, the Civil Air Patrol was created. The Lansing unit started using these huts too. During World War II, the huts were busy. They served as a training place for pilots. Both the Civil Air Patrol and the USAF Reserve used them.
The three huts were used constantly after the war. This continued until 1958. They were then taken apart and stored. This happened because of a possible military threat to the airport.
However, the huts were put back into use in 1963. They continued to be used until at least the early 1990s. This was true even though there were plans to tear them down in the 1980s. By 1995, the huts were seen as a danger to the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said they needed to be empty. Demolition was planned at that time.
What the Quonset Huts Looked Like
The three Quonset huts stood next to each other. They were built from metal panels. These panels were corrugated, meaning they had ridges. They were placed flat over curved metal frames.
Each hut was about eighteen feet wide and forty-eight feet long. The center of each hut was eleven feet tall. Every hut had one door at the end. They also had eight windows, four on each side. These windows measured 31 by 39 inches. The windows opened from the bottom and were hinged at the top.
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Huts from above
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