Long Pine Key Rd., Homestead, Florida. County/parish: Dade.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 27, 2004. NRIS 04000758.
10 contributing buildings. 12 contributing structures.Also known as:
The Nike Missile Site HM-69 (also known as Hole in the Donut or Everglades Nike Site or Missile Base) is a former Nike-Hercules missile base, now listed as a historic site west of Homestead, Florida, United States. It is located on Long Pine Key Road in the Everglades National Park. The site with 22 buildings opened in 1964 and closed in 1979 when it was turned over to the National Park Service.
In April 1963 2nd Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment fell under the Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM) and it was decided to make the air defense sites in South Florida permanent. The battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Battery was moved to Homestead Air Force Base. Battery A was moved to the Everglades National Park HM-69 site.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77843266