Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5

Coordinates: 33°44′51″N 93°36′21″W / 33.74750°N 93.60583°W / 33.74750; -93.60583
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Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5
Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5 is located in Arkansas
Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5
Location in Arkansas
Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5 is located in the United States
Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5
Location in United States
Nearest cityHope, Arkansas
Coordinates33°44′51″N 93°36′21″W / 33.74750°N 93.60583°W / 33.74750; -93.60583
Arealess than one acre
Built1941 (1941)
Built byW.E. Callahan Construction Co.
ArchitectHoward, Needles, Tammen & Bergendorf
Architectural stylePlain Traditional
MPSWorld War II Home Front Efforts in Arkansas, MPS
NRHP reference No.09001247[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 21, 2010

The Southwestern Proving Ground Building No. 5 is an ammunition storage bunker at 259 Hempstead County Road 279 in Oakhaven, Arkansas, northwest of the city of Hope.

It is located on property that was once part of the Southwestern Proving Ground, a major military facility during World War II whose largest portion was transformed into Hope Municipal Airport.

Building No. 5 is a single-story concrete structure with a rounded roof, covered in earth, and with a heavy steel door facing northwest. It is one of three ammunition bunkers built on the proving ground (the others, Building Nos. 32 and 33, also survive). The building is used as storage by a private owner.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Southwestern Proving Building No. 5". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-25.