Shirley Field (Tallulah, Louisiana)

	Shirley Field
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Along Airport Road, about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east of Tallulah
Nearest city	Tallulah, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°24′59″N 91°09′03″W / 32.41625°N 91.15076°W
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1922
Built by	USDA Delta Laboratory
Architectural style	Mission Revival, Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.	85000270
Added to NRHP	February 14, 1985

Shirley Field, also known as Scott Airfield, located off US 80 just east of Tallulah, Louisiana, dates from 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1985. The listing included two contributing buildings and a contributing site.^[1]

It is notable in the area of agriculture for its role in the development of cotton crop dusting, to control boll weevils.^[2]

The field includes a Mission Revival-style terminal with round arch windows and a metal tile roof. It also includes a frame hangar from the 1920s, as well as two hangars from the 1950s.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Shirley Field / Scott Airfield" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1985. Retrieved June 20, 2017. with two photos and two maps

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[ladoc-2] "Shirley Field / Scott Airfield" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1985. Retrieved June 20, 2017. with two photos and two maps

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