The WHCA Shop Moves to Anacostia (1974)

 

The WHCA Shop in Anacostia:
Today’s WHCA Headquarters Building completed in 1991
Type Of Activity	WHCA Operations
Location
Location	Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling
Date of Activity	1974 to Present
Coordinates	38°50′34″N 077°00′58″W

WHCA started moving into Anacostia in the early 70's. There was Bldg. 94 which held Personnel, Material and Supply, and maybe a few other Admin. Groups. Bldg. 47, which was a converted double hanger with the Electronics Branch on the ground floor and The Photo Lab occupied the entire 2nd floor. The Photo Lab was one of the last groups to leave the M Street complex.

Between Bldg. 47 and Bldg. 94 was a single hanger type building that Transportation occupied. 

Building 91, became WHCA's Training Center. If you go back in WHCA far enough, you will remember that was the old HMX-1 facility before WHCA obtained it and turned it into today’s training center. M street was closed when they finished the remodel of the hanger next to Bldg. 94 about 1976.

 

Building 94 WHCA location at Anacostia mid 70’s

WHCA operations building at Anacostia

Location of WHCA HQ’s building

Construction of the Col George J McNally building was completed in 1991 and became the permanent home of The White House Communications Agency (WHCA)

The Agency moved into Building 399 in 1991. 

Rear entrance to the WHCA HQ building 399

I enjoyed my WHCA assignment and working at the Georgetown location before it was all moved to Anacostia even though I was still in the Agency when it all moved, I never visited or saw the facilities at Anacostia!