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Selfridge Field, Building No. 1050, Northwest corner of Doolittle Avenue & D Street; Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

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Selfridge Field, Building No. 1050, Northwest corner of Doolittle Avenue & D Street; Harrison Township, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

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Significance: Building No. 1050 is a blast proof and electromagnetic-shielded structure that served as the command node of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) regional launch and interceptor center protecting the Great Lakes area during the Cold War. It was linked to the national NORAD center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. It is perhaps the most dramatic reminder in Michigan of the Cold War threat in the United States faced during the 1960s. It still functions in an aircraft communication role. This building retains most of its structural integrity and is a military facility whose role was the key node, the command nerve center in the operation of the district. But the significance of the building is best defined as the core structure in the entire NORAD installation, a distinct complex at Selfridge that was contained and isolated from the rest of the base for functional and security reasons. As a regional command and control center for NORAD, responsible for protection of the Great Lakes region, the NORAD district was of exceptional importance in national defense strategy and is unique in Michigan.
Survey number: HAER MI-116-PP
Building/structure dates: 1959 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1970 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Ammann & Whitney
Midwest Environmental Consultants, Inc., contractor
Benton, Robert, photographer
Rutter, William E, historian
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Location

Mount Clemens (Mich.)42.62284, -82.82935
Google Map of 42.6228444, -82.8293491
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Library of Congress
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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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