Navy Park Historic District

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State and National Historic District
   
Significant WWII Housing for Shipyard Workers
   

Orange, Texas

     
   

Map Log
   
Subdivision Map of Navy Addition
Orange, Orange County, Texas
Circa 1960’s
Obtained from Elizabeth Williams

Subdivision Map of Navy Addition
Orange, Orange County, Texas
Circa 1960’s
Obtained from the City of Orange
Sheet number 712

Aerial View of Navy Addition
Orange, Orange County, Texas
Circa 1960’s
Obtained from the City of Orange
Sheet number 50

Sanborn City Map showing Navy Addition
January 1926, “N” 1949, (New Report July 1957)
Orange, Orange County, Texas
Obtained from the Orange Public Library
    ADDITIONAL ITEMS:

Floor plans of the Five Housing Styles:
Single, 2 bedrooms
Duplex, 1 bedroom
Duplex, 2 bedrooms
Quadraplex, 1 bedroom
Quadraplex, 2 bedrooms

Obtained from the Orange County Appraisal District
Orange, Orange County, Texas

Floor plan sketches by Don Ball

Newspaper Articles:
Beaumont Enterprise, May 15, 1941 (Construction of Two Destroyers Begins)
Beaumont Enterprise, May 22, 1941 (Opening of Navy Addition Housing Units)
Obtained from the Beaumont Public Library, Beaumont, Texas

History of the Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, U.S.N., Orange, Texas
By H. G. Chalkley, Captain, USNR
October 1, 1945
Obtained from Dr. Howard C. Williams
Related Links:

Capt. H.G. Chalkley, - Shipbuilding Report of 1945

USS Orleck
(DD-886)

Historic Naval Ships Association

Naval Historical Center
 
Special Thanks to all who gave of their expertise, time, information, and resources.

This paper was written by Stephanie Ball Rowland for Donald Ball, with the help of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ball, Greg Ball, Jimmie Lewis, Gay Ferguson, Dr. and Mrs. Howard Williams, The City of Orange, The Orange Historical Commission, and The Heritage House Museum of Orange. December 29, 1997
 
Description: Pages 1-3          Significance: Pages 3-7             References: Pages 8- 12
 


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