Preserving A Piece Of African-American Military History In Arizona

Published: Monday, November 27, 2017 - 2:03pm
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(Photo by Steven Meckler)
Mountain View Officers’ Club at Fort Huachuca, ca. 2015. Courtesy of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
(Photo courtesy of Fort Huachuca Museum Archives)
Mountain View Officers’ Club Primary Facade (looking south), 1943.
(Photo courtesy of Fort Huachuca Museum Archives)
Mountain View Officers’ Club Dance Hall looking toward fireplace, set up for lounge space as Service Club, 1958.

It appears there’s a plan for a building that, in the past, has been identified as one of America’s Most Endangered Historic Places.

The Mountain View Officers’ Club at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista is one of the last two remaining clubs that served African-American soldiers and officers during World War II. The facility at Fort Huachuca was built in 1942.

Chris Morris is Field Director for the LA Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and she joins us to talk about it.

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