The Hawthorne USO Building, at 950 E St. in Hawthorne, Nevada, was built in 1941 as a World War II United Services Organization (USO) social hall. It opened in January 1942. It is a simple "modified I plan" standard "USO Type D Federal Recreation Building", on Hawthorne's main street.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It was deemed significant for association "with the purpose and activities of the USO in Nevada during World War II" and for association with the West Coast U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, sited in Hawthorne in 1928 after New Jersey's Lake Denmark Naval Ammunition Depot blew up.

Hawthorne USO Building

See also

Bay City USO Building, Bay City, Texas, also NRHP-listed

DeRidder USO Building, DeRidder, Louisiana, also NRHP-listed

East Sixth Street USO Building, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, also NRHP-listed

References

United Service Organizations buildings

Hawthorne, Nevada

Buildings and structures in Mineral County, Nevada

History of Mineral County, Nevada

Government buildings completed in 1941

Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada

Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada

United States home front during World War II

World War II on the National Register of Historic Places

1941 establishments in Nevada

National Register of Historic Places in Mineral County, Nevada

Hawthorne USO Building