Jct. Of Channel Blvd. and Flake Ave., Topsail Beach, North Carolina. County/parish: Pender.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 14, 1993. NRIS 93000909.
Part of US Naval Ordnance Test Facilities, Topsail Island MPS (NRIS 64500375).
1 contributing building.
US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Assembly Building is a historic building located at Topsail Island, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built in 1946 by Kellex Corporation, and is a 1 1/2-story, reinforced concrete and concrete block building. It measures 75 feet by 82 feet and has a low-pitched, gable-front roof. The building was abandoned by the military in 1948 and subsequently used for commercial and recreational purposes. It was erected for the purpose of fabricating and storing missiles used in "Operation Bumblebee."
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718325