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FINAL HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY AND EVALUATION REPORT GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN June 2007 FINAL HISTORIC BUILDING INVENTORY AND EVALUATION REPORT GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN June 2007 This page left intentionally blank. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY S.1 PURPOSE AND NEED This Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation Report was undertaken by the US Air Force, Headquarters, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) in conjunction with the disposal and reuse of General Mitchell International Airport (IAP) Air Reserve Station (ARS) in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. General Mitchell IAP ARS occupies a 102-acre tract located at the southwest corner of General Mitchell IAP, the principal airport in the City of Milwaukee. The transfer of the property is being undertaken in accordance with the federal Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act (DBCRA) of 1990, commonly known as Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). In 2005, General Mitchell IAP ARS was selected for closure through the BRAC process, and it is anticipated that the installation will close in 2008 (Mehring, August 8, 2006; Guenther, pers. comm., March 15, 2007). The purpose of this report is to identify potentially significant historic architectural resources in the area of potential effect (APE) in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 USC 470f). Under Section 106 of NHPA, codified as 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 800-Protection of Historic Properties, prior to execution of an undertaking, including transfer of property out of federal hands, the federal agency, in this case AFCEE, is required to consider the undertaking’s impact on any district, site, building, structure or object that is listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register).
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