Scott Field Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Illinois, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Scott Field Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Scott_Field_-_1930.jpg

| caption = The field in 1930, in the area of the present day Historic District

| nearest_city = O'Fallon, Illinois

| coordinates = {{coord|38|32|22|N|89|51|46|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Illinois#USA

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Art Deco{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Scott Field Historic District|url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201106.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129083623/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/201106.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |date=September 13, 1993 |author=Philip Thomason |publisher=National Park Service}}

| added = March 10, 1994

| area = {{convert|85|acre}}

| refnum = 94000060{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Scott Field Historic District began as a World War I era air base built in 1917 near O'Fallon, Illinois, and was expanded and rebuilt before World War II. The district contains primarily that portion of the base built prior to 1941, and is now contained within the renamed, expanded, and operational Scott Air Force Base. The district boundaries include 107 contributing buildings and structures, and exclude post-1945 buildings built in the areas surrounding the 1917 Main Base area.

Scott Field was named after Corporal Frank S. Scott, the first enlisted member of the United States Armed Forces to die in an aircraft accident.{{cite web|url = http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/documents/frankscott.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040423152744/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/documents/frankscott.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 23, 2004|title = Corporal Frank S. Scott|access-date = 2014-07-12|date = 2006-04-17|publisher = Scott AFB History Office}}

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

{{Gallery

|title=Airship Hangar Illustrations at Scott Field

|width=250 | height=200

|align=center

|footer=St. Clair County, Illinois

|File:Scott Field - Dirigible Coming Out Of Hangar.jpg

|alt1=Dirigible Coming Out Of Hangar at Scott Field in 1922

|Dirigible Exiting Hangar at Scott Field in 1922

|File:Scott field LTA hangar.jpg

|alt2=1924 Depiction of Lighter-than-Air Hangar at Scott Field

|Postcard of Lighter-Than-Air Dirigible Hangar, Scott Field, Illinois

|File:Scott AFB, TC-6 over Hangar in the 1920s.jpg

|alt3=TC-6 dirigible flight at Scott Field in 1925

|U.S. Army TC-6 airship at Scott Field in 1925

}}