SW corner of S. Anderson Blvd. and Flake Ave., Topsail Beach, North Carolina. County/parish: Pender.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 14, 1993. NRIS 93000910.
Part of US Naval Ordnance Test Facilities, Topsail Island MPS (NRIS 64500375).
1 contributing building.
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718327