Landmarks, Memorials, Buildings and Street Names of ... - CECOM

Blair Hall (Building 259)Blair Hall, dedicated March 4, 1969,memorializes Fort Monmouth scientist andinventor COL William R.Blair. l COL Blair posthumouslyentered the NewJersey Inventor’s Hall ofFame in 2004. He isconsidered the father ofAmerican radar. liBlair Hall (Building 259)Scoutinggroups now use the building as a meeting facility.COL William R. BlairAdditional Officer HousingBuildings 261-269 were constructed between 1929 and 1932 as fourfamilyapartment buildings for student officers. National HistoricReports show that “the buildings are laid out in two rows with a servicelane between the rows to provide access to garages. The buildings aretwo-story with paired central entrances. Each pair of entry doorsshares a covered stoop that features simple trim and GeorgianColonial Revival detailing.” liiScriven Hall (Building 270)Scriven Hall, completed in 1929, is locatedon Allen Avenue near Officer FamilyHousing. Today, it serves as BachelorOfficers’ Quarters, but it once housed theFort Monmouth Officers Club and NCOOpen Mess. Per General Orders Number 46,Scriven Hall (Building 270)dated June 15, 1950, Scriven Hallmemorializes Brigadier General George P. Scriven, Chief Signal Officerfrom 1913-1917. BG Scriven pioneered thedevelopment of the Army Air Service. liiiBG George P. ScrivenNational Historic Reports show that Building 270 wasbuilt “of concrete block and faced with red brick. Ithas a hipped roof and hipped dormers, and a onestoryporch that spans three-quarters of the facadeand is ornamented with wood balustrades.” livLandmarks and Place Names at Fort Monmouth