Six warehouses were dismantled and reassembled at Springfield Airport (Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport).
Numerous wood frame buildings were dismantles so that the surplus lumber could be used for the veterans emergency housing program.
In January 1948, it was announced that 553 acres of the site and eight buildings were sold to the DeKalb Hybrid Seed Company for $98,000 to be used for a poultry breeding operation. (See January 17 post.)
This company has the famous winged ear of corn for its logo and is quite popular among students at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. It is now called DeKalb Genetics Corporation.
The last surplus property was sold by April 15, 1948.
--GreGen
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