James Connally Air Force Base
You are here
Texas State Technical Institute (James Connally Air Force Base)
1942–1966, Howard Meyer and others. Between I-35 and Campus Dr., 7 miles northeast of Waco
Established as the Waco Army Air Field on May 5, 1942, the base became a hub of pilot training during World War II and then reactivated in 1949 and renamed for James Connally, a local pilot killed during the war. Howard Meyer of Dallas completed the base plan and designed single-family and duplex residences along circular streets. These modern houses are now one of the largest concentrations of such in the state. The base became the Texas State Technical Institute in 1965.
Writing Credits
×
Data
-
Location: Waco, TexasRegional Overviews:Architect:Styles:no metadata availableMaterials:no metadata available
What's Nearby
Citation
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Texas State Technical Institute (James Connally Air Force Base)", [Waco, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-WT31.
Print Source
Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 129-129.
If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.
SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.