US Naval Ordnance Testing Facility Control Tower | |
Location: | SW corner of S. Anderson Blvd. and Flake Ave., Topsail Beach, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 34.3661°N -77.6292°W |
Builder: | Kellex Corporation
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Added: | September 14, 1993 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 93000910 |
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."[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.