Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 93000910 Added to NRHP 14 September 1993 | Built 1946 (1946) Opened 1946 | |
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Location SW corner of S. Anderson Blvd. and Flake Ave., Topsail Beach, North Carolina MPS US Naval Ordnance Test Facilities, Topsail Island MPS | ||
US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Control Tower is a historic building located at Topsail Island, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built in 1946 by Kellex Corporation, and is a reinforced concrete frame measuring 16 feet by 16 feet and 30 feet high. The building was purchased for civilian purposes in 1957 and a flat roof replaced a formerly open platform on the top level. It was erected to serve as commend headquarters for "Operation Bumblebee."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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