| Additional Information: | 2007-
Building 205 is located at 6188 South B Street on the east side of South B Street at General Mitchell IAP ARS in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It is a two-story, rectangular-plan, stucco-clad building that sits atop a concrete foundation. It is capped by a flat roof with a cornice sheathed in anodized aluminum. The facades are sheathed in stucco panels. Fenestration includes modern windows, metal doors and metal roll-up doors. The loading dock occupies the east façade. The building was constructed in five sections between the 1950s-80s, including Section A (1956); Section B (1961); Section C (1962); Section D (1972); and Section E (1983). Section E is appended to the east façade of Sections A and B and functions as the ammunition storage space. On the interior of the building, sliding fireproof doors sheathed in metal panels separate Sections A, B, C and D.
Section A of Building 205 was constructed in 1956 as the Warehouse for the US Air Force Reserve (AFRES) installation at General Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Designed by the Milwaukee-based architecture and engineering Gates Weiss & Kramer, the firm was hired by the US Army, Office of the District Engineer, Milwaukee District, the branch of the military that typically oversaw design and construction for military installations. While Section B was most likely designed by the USACE Chicago District, Section C was designed by Schutte Phillips Mochon, Inc. of Milwaukee under contract to the Omaha District. Section D was designed by Schutte Mochon, Inc., successor firm to Schutte Phillips Mochon, Inc. under contract to the Omaha District, and Section E was designed by Threshold Design of Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
As described in the Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation, General Mitchell International Airport Air Reserve Station prepared for the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) in 2007, Building 205 has played a standard role in the history of the installation which has been home to the 440th Airlift Wing (AW) since 1957, a unit of AFRES dedicated to providing air transport and airlift for deploying troops, cargo, and humanitarian aid in support of national policy. Building 205 has functioned as the base warehouse for the 440th AW since its construction in the 1950s, and has been enlarged through the 1980s to enable it to continually serve this function.
2024: Formerly addressed as 6188 South B Street. The footprint and exterior of this warehouse storage and office building has undergone few, if any changes since it was last inventoried. The 1956 structure underwent several enlargements "through the 1980s to enable it to continually serve [its] function." The structure is associated with the general activities of the air reserve station, and is not associated with specific or significant events on the base. |
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| Bibliographic References: | AFCEE. Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation, General Mitchell International Airport Air Reserve Station. 2007.
Gates Weiss & Kramer/USACE Milwaukee District. Warehouse, Building 205, Section A. Drawing 205-001. 1955a. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Schutte Mochon, Inc./USACE Omaha District. Aerial Port Training Facility-Addition D-Building 205. Drawing No. 205-051. 1972. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Schutte Phillips Mochon, Inc./USACE Chicago District. Warehouse-Addition C-Building 205. Drawing No. 205-032. 1962. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Threshold Design, Inc. Addition to Warehouse-Section E-Building 205. Drawing No. 205-124. 1983. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
USACE Chicago District. Warehouse-Addition B-Building 205. Drawing No. 205-019. 1961. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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