
![]() For many years, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) aircraft hangar at Gragg Field served the Chilton County Airport. Today, this abandoned structure has a collapsed metal wall and a roof open to the elements. With no funds for repair and maintenance, its prospects for reuse are not good. Still, local preservationists believe the old airport hangar is worth saving. Constructed in 1937, the hangar is a sizable resource within the Gragg Field Historic District, one of the few airports in Alabama to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places (2004). The district is significant for its role in aviation history as well as for its status as a WPA site and its association with the Tuskegee Army Airfield. Resources related to aviation history have received little attention until recent years. Recognizing the significance of the airport hangar and the urgency of its condition are important first steps to saving it.
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Alabama's Endangered Historic LandmarksEach year since 1994, Alabama Heritage has highlighted threatened historic sites throughout Alabama. The “Places in Peril” list has identified more than 215 imperiled historic resources throughout the state, and is compiled by the Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation. The locations highlight the results of deferred maintenance, perceived obsolescence, development pressures, and lack of funding—forces that now more than ever threaten our cultural legacy. But awareness is a powerful force, too, and can cultivate a renewed determination to be responsible stewards of our heritage. For more information, visit the AHC or the ATHP websites. Alabama Heritage is proud to bring to you a selection of the places designated as perilous. Please keep your comments to information relevant to the featured place in peril. Alabama Heritage reserves the right to delete any comment that we deem inappropriate. Archives
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