HMP South & Boresight Control Building Historic Survey

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Page 2b In the context of its early 1960s history as part of the Radar Boresight Range and the Gemini/Apollo programs, the Boresight Control Building’s physical integrity of setting, feeling, and association were compromised by the demolition of the “timber tower” and the alteration of the original graded reflective range. If these two original resources remained intact then the entire range may have been eligible as a separate historic district, but by itself the Boresight Control Building does not communicate the larger historic significance of the Radar Boresight Range. In the context of the Space Shuttle Program (SSP), the Boresight Control Building played a supportive role in testing a variety of antennas and radar equipment used on the shuttle, it did not process any critical components of the shuttle itself. By the 1980s, it was one of at least two boresight control buildings used by NASA for the SSP, with the other located at JSC in Houston, Texas. The Boresight Control Building at KSC has no particular significance in the history of radar or antenna testing, therefore, the faciilty is not recommended eligible for listing in the NRHP under Criterion A. Background research did not indicate any associations with a historically significant person or people, so the Boresight Control Building is not recommended eligible for listing in the NRHP under Criterion B. The Boresight Control Building is a utilitarian industrial-‐type building that does not embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction. It does not represent the work of a master architect. It does not possess high artistic value. Lastly, it does not represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Therefore, the Boresight Control Building is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP under Criterion C.
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