NAS Chase Field-Quarters S
a.k.a. Executive Officer's Quarters
Essex St. 0.45 mi. SSW of the jct. of TX 202 and Independence St., Beeville, TXBuilt in 1943, at the height of World War II, Quarters S survives as one of 30 historic resources dating from the original period of construction at NAS Chase Field. Throughout its existence, the building housed the Executive Officer who was second in command at the naval air station. One of only two single-family dwellings built at the naval air station under war-imposed austerity construction conditions, Quarters S is a rare illustration of the property type at NAS Chase. The Executive Officer's Quarters relate to the historic context, Chase Field: A World War II Naval Auxiliary Air Station, 1943-1946, and to the statewide context, U.S. Military 1919-1945. Although the building retains its historic integrity to a large degree, its significance lies primarily in its historic associations with the World War II naval auxiliary station. It is therefore nominated to the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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