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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 39, Launch Control Center, LCC Road, East of Kennedy Parkway North, Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, FL

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Significance: The LCC was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 21, 2000. Originally nominated in the context of the Apollo Program, ca. 1961 through 1975, the LCC has since gained importance in the context of the Space Shuttle program, ca. 1969 to 2010. It is considered significant at the national level under NRHP Criterion A in the areas of Space Exploration and Communications, and under NRHP Criterion C in the area of Architecture. The Launch Control Center performs the vital operations integral to the prelaunch preparation and launch of NASA's manned space vehicles. Under Criterion C, the LCC, like typical examples of the International Style, is characterized by a lack of exterior ornament, a flat roof, ribbon windows on the north elevation, a skeletal structure of reinforced concrete, cantilevered upper floors, and an emphasis on horizontality.
Survey number: HAER FL-8-11-A
Building/structure dates: ca. 1965 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 99001645

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1969
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Stein, Martin, project architect
Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc, builder
Perini Corporation, builder
Paul Hardeman, Inc, builder
URSAM (Max Urbahn)
Roberts and Schaefer
Seelye, Stevenson, Value and Knecht
Moran, Proctor, Mueser and Rutledge
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brevard county28.39222, -80.60771
Google Map of 28.3922182, -80.60771319999999
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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