The Grants-Milan Flight Service Station, at 1116 N. Dale Carnutte Rd. in Grants, New Mexico, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[2]
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| Location | 1116 N. Dale Carnutte Rd., Grants, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°09′59″N 107°53′51″W / 35.16639°N 107.89750°W |
| Built by | Charley Diaz |
| MPS | Route 66 through New Mexico MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000492[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 2015 |
It was then part of the Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum, which honors early aviation pioneers who flew the Los Angeles-to-Amarillo segment of the Midcontinental Airway.[2]
It is a flight service station that was built in 1953 to serve the Grants-Milan Municipal Airport.
Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum
editThe Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum is a small aviation museum located at the Grants-Milan airport (KGNT) in Grants, New Mexico. It was dedicated on June 9, 2012.[3]
It commemorates the Los Angeles to Amarillo segment of the Transcontinental Air Transport, an early air mail provider. It consists of two 1929 structures: a 55-foot beacon tower and a small building with a generator. It also has a concrete arrow which helped aviators find the correct direction to continue in.[4][2]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Weekly List". National Park Service. October 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Grants / Milan airport building added to National Register". Route66News.Com. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
- ^ Boyett, Rosanne (June 12, 2012). "More than eight decades of history". Cibola County Beacon. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "What are these Giant Concrete Arrows across the American Landscape". 18 July 2013. core 77. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
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