How many old hangars with this design still exist?

[ZRX61]

I know of two, one is the Vietnam War Flight Museum home at Ellington Field & the other is this restored one at Bainbridge Ga:

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[shrike]

There are two at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (nee Williams AAF / AFB)
6203 and 6229 S. Sossamon Rd

[marine air]

Troy Alabama (KTOI) has one of similar design. It was restored in the 1980's and so is still in really decent shape. It's supposed to be the last surviving hangar that the Tuskegee Airmen sometimes operated from. It still has the bell, exterior floodlights and a few original items.
Tullahoma, Tennessee (KTHA) also has an example in very poor shape. It was recently purchased by a young couple that want to rebuild it and use it for non aviation storage. It needs a completely new roof but has had the asbestos, and lead pipes removed a long time ago. We will see how it turns out. Both of these hangars still have their doors.

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[ZRX61]

Thanks guys. I looked up the three mentioned on Google Earth & two of them had DC3's sat out front (Az & Tn). The one in TN has angled roof panels instead of curved, but looks like it started from the same set of blueprints. The two at Mesa look remarkably well preserved.

[C VEICH]

I think the hangars at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ that used to house the Champlin Fighter Collection are also of similar construction to these.

[ZRX61]

I think the hangars at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ that used to house the Champlin Fighter Collection are also of similar construction to these.

Those are single arch design. The strange thing about the ones I'm looking for is they look like two 100ft wide adjoined hangars because of the roof design, but they are single 200ft wide hangars with two roofs.
They also used the same basic design in the UK before WWII for an Avro flight shed at Woodford. It was sold a couple of years ago & dismantled. No idea what the plan is for that (somewhat smaller) one as it's all stored in a couple of Conex boxes.

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[RV8er]

PBF, Pine Bluff, AR has a well maintained example of that style.

BBD, Brady, TX has a whole row in what appears to be in good shape, but industrial usage...

GLH, Greenville, MS has one.

Cuero, TX; just a few miles N of town an old training base (now industrial use) still has one.

There's gotta be more out there, but these are the ones I can easily recall...

[ZRX61]

PBF, Pine Bluff, AR has a well maintained example of that style.

BBD, Brady, TX has a whole row in what appears to be in good shape, but industrial usage...

GLH, Greenville, MS has one.

Cuero, TX; just a few miles N of town an old training base (now industrial use) still has one.

There's gotta be more out there, but these are the ones I can easily recall...

Spotted two at Pine Bluff & there are 4 of them at Brady. They've joined them all together by adding roofs between them.

The ramp at Greenville is huge

[Ken]

The one in Troy, Al is one of 3 moved from the main field at Tuskeegee. The others went to Clanton, AL and Montgomery, AL.

The Montgomery Aviation FBO has used theirs for decades. It is active and, I assume well maintained. Troy renovated theirs about 4 years ago with fresh paint, new lighting, and new floor coating. It looks great. We were graciously offered overnight space there with the CFM A-1E in 2019 on our way to Lakeland.

Ken

[ZRX61]

The one in Troy, Al is one of 3 moved from the main field at Tuskeegee. The others went to Clanton, AL and Montgomery, AL.

The Montgomery Aviation FBO has used theirs for decades. It is active and, I assume well maintained. Troy renovated theirs about 4 years ago with fresh paint, new lighting, and new floor coating. It looks great. We were graciously offered overnight space there with the CFM A-1E in 2019 on our way to Lakeland.

Ken

Looked up the Montgomery one, they have an older pic of it on their FB when it had a checkered roof.