United Group Insurance

Sioux City WWII chapel may be moved to museum

News

August 2nd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A chapel that is one of the last standing remnants of Sioux City’s World War II air base could be moved to a nearby museum. The Sioux City Journal reports that city officials are discussing the possibility of moving the chapel at the entrance of the Sioux Gateway Airport to the Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation, which is also located on the former grounds of the base.

Airport director and assistant city manager Mike Collett says the potential move is something that officials have been eyeing to create more space for possible commercial developments. The air base was constructed in 1942 as a B-17 bomber training facility. Three of the base’s original structures remain, and the chapel is the only structure that’s regularly open to the public.