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Location: Hamilton Field - Novato CA

Administration Building – Novato CA

Hamilton Field Administration Building

P.W.A. Federal Project No. 487

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Company Officers Quarters – Novato CA

Hamilton Field Officers Building

‘… sixteen identical company officers quarters. Each unit will accommodate 1 officer and his famly and is a 1-story-and-basement building with reinforced concrete foundations, stuccoed hollow-tile wallas and a roof covered with Spanish tiel… All of the buildings at Hamilton… read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Hamilton Field Officers Mess – Novato CA

‘The officers mess… has a setting of live-oak trees and California foliage. Like most of the buildings at Hamilton Field it has concrete foundations and hollow-tile walls above grade covered with stucco. Its roofs are covered wiht mission tile. The… read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Hamilton Field – Novato CA

Hamilton Field was built in 1931 as a bomber base, was used as a refugee center during the Vietnam War, and was closed in 1974. The WPA built additions such as several hangars, the headquarters building, an officers mess, and… read more

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Hamilton Field Barracks – Novato CA

Hamilton Field Barracks

Constructed by PWA.

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Hamilton Field Hangars – Novato CA

Hamilton Field Hangars

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

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