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NASA Langley Research Center Historic District

VLR Listing Date

12/15/2011

NRHP Listing Date

06/27/2012

NRHP Reference Number

12000374

Established in 1917, during World War I, originally as the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory and the nation’s first civilian aeronautics laboratory, the NASA Langley Research Center in the city of Hampton has played an important role in the American aerospace story. Researchers there have examined complex and groundbreaking issues associated with flight and space travel. Collaborative research conducted in the facility’s numerous wind tunnels and laboratories as well as the testing of aircraft, spacecraft, and flight simulators at the NASA Langley Research Center have led to advances in American aeronautical and space research and technology. The NASA Langley Research Center Historic District, composed of separate East and West areas, includes 149 existing buildings and structures where researchers advanced the fields of aeronautics and space flight. The NASA Langley Research Center Historic District’s period of significance begins in 1917, the date of the earliest surviving facility, and ends with the conclusion of the Apollo space program in 1972.

Last Updated: June 2, 2023

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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark

For additional information Read

Nomination Form

114-0003

Roseland Manor

"Virginia's Lost" Delisted Landmarks

000-9705

Civil War-Era National Cemeteries (MPD)

(MPD) Multiple Property Document

114-0002-0004

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