Nike Missile Base SL-40 Hecker, Illinios - Photos Barracks 1 and 2
Barracks No. 1, North end of base, southest of Basketball Court. This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and non-commissioned officers (N.C.O.). Each barrack contained an officers' lounge, an N.C.O. lounge, several storage rooms, a heater room, a restroom with multiple sinks and toilets, a shower room, and a sleeping room for enlisted men. The building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, which were designed by the firm of Spector and Montgomery of Falls Church, Virginia.
The barrack is a masonry L shaped structure containing 6,503 square feet. The building has concrete footings, foundation, and floor, cinder block walls, a built-up roof, sealed and painted interior walls and ceiling, a tile floor, and electrical service. The restrooms, including the shower stalls, are covered in ceramic tiles. The building has 29 windows, three vestibules, and a double-door entry way. The interior of this building has been remodeled to accomodate the administrative and accounting functions of the Beck Vocational School.
BARRACKS, NEXT TO BASKETBALL COURT, FRONT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
BARRACKS, NEXT TO BASKETBALL COURT, RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
BARRACKS, NEXT TO BASKETBALL COURT, LEFT SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
BARRACKS, NEXT TO BASKETBALL COURT, FRONT AND LEFT SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
BARRACKS, NEXT TO BASKETBALL COURT, RIGHT AND REAR SIDES, LOOKING EAST
PHOTOCOPY, FOUNDATION AND FLOOR PLAN DRAWING OF E.M. BARRACKS, N.C.O. AND OFFICERS QUARTERS
PHOTOCOPY, ELEVATIONS FOR E.M. BARRACKS, N.C.O. AND OFFICERS QUARTERS
Barracks No. 2, North end of base, southeast of Barracks No. 1
This barrack provided living facilities for personnel stationed at Nike Missile Base SL-40. Standardized drawings indicate that the installation's two barracks housed enlisted men, officers, and non-commissioned officers (N.C.O.). Each barrack contained an officers' lounge, an N.C.O. lounge, several storage rooms, a heater room, a restroom with multiple sinks and toilets, a shower room, and a sleeping room for enlisted men. The building was built in 1958 from standardized drawings approved by the Corps of Engineers, which were designed by the firm of Spector and Montgomery of Falls Church, Virginia. Nike buildings were considered modified emergency buildings. Originally, there were pre-fabricated structures, but were rather unsightly and did not contribute to troop morale and, there fore, were changed to modified emergency design.
This barrack is a one story masonry structure containing 5,795 square feet. The building has concrete footings, foundations and floors, cinder block walls, built-up roof, sealed and painted interior walls and ceiling, tile floors, and electrical service. The restrooms, including the shower stalls, are tiled with ceramic tiles. The interior of this building has been remodeled to accomodate classroom functions of the Beck Vocational School
BARRACKS, WITH PARKING LOT IN FRONT, FRONT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
BARRACKS, WITH PARKING LOT IN FRONT, RIGHT SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
BARRACKS, WITH PARKING LOT IN FRONT, LEFT SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
BARRACKS, WITH PARKING LOT IN FRONT, FRONT AND RIGHT SIDES, LOOKING SOUTH
BARRACKS, WITH PARKING LOT IN FRONT, REAR AND LEFT SIDES, LOOKING NORTH
PHOTOCOPY, ELEVATION DRAWING FOR E.M. BARRACKS, N.C.O. AND OFFICERS QUARTERS
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