Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Area B, Building 86, Main Pump House, West end of Fifth Street near Perimeter Road, Dayton

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Built in as part of the original Wright Field construction, Building 86, Main Pump House, was in continuous use until Project History: This report is part of the overall Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Area B documentation project conducted by HAER See overview report, HAER No. OH-7 9, for a complete description of the project. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, AREA B, BUILDING 86, MAIN PUMP HOUSE HAER No. 0H-79-AK (Page 2}

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The Main Pump House is a typical Wright Field-style, one-story, six-course American bond brick building with a concrete foundation and a hipped slate roof. All the windows are steel sashed with concrete sills. A concrete frieze band surrounds the original section and the flat-roofed addition on the east side. The east wall contains full-story, double steel doors with eight- pane windows. An I-beam for a traveling hoist extends through the top of the doors. On the west side, a double steel door with pivoting three-over-three window panes features a double rowlock arch, flanked by two six-over-six tall window bays. A brick chimney with a painted smoke stack is centered on the roof.

HISTORY: Built in as part of the original Wright Field construction, Building 86 was the Main Water Pump House for Well No. 3, and was in continuous use until It currently functions only as an electric switch house, although the pumps are still intact. For bibliography, see Wright-Patterson Air Force Base overview report (HAER No. OH-79). #