The fact that they are able to live here is amazing. "The history alone is overwhelming," said Polly Figueroa. Several former Atlas sites have been converted into private homes by buyers interested in something different to live in. In 1965, the billion-dollar Atlas-F missile program was replaced by more dependable, less expensive Minuteman missiles. One of America’s deterrents were the Atlas missile sites in Nebraska. During the Cold War, this Saranac site was part of the Atlas missile system developed by the United States government. The Cuban nuclear crisis was averted when the Soviet Union backed down and dismantled its missile sites. Located in the Adirondack Mountains in Saranac, New York, this unique property with its own FAA-approved airstrip was converted to a luxury home from an nuclear missile silo. Set on more than 19 forested acres within Adirondack State Park, the Silo Home is the architectural brainchild of two cousins who set about converting the abandoned 1950’s nuclear launch pad. Because you aren’t going to live after it.” "If I were you, if you heard there was warheads coming our way. "The launch crews did not know if we were going to have to go to war," Duffy said.ĭuffy called home to tell his family what to do if the Soviets launched nuclear missiles. military on high alert after learning Russia was building nuclear launch sites on Cuba. Kennedy ordered a naval blockade of Cuba and placed the U.S.
"Most of the whole time I was here I was in a missile silo," Duffy said. The Atlas-F nuclear missile could be ready for launch in 15 minutes.Įighty-year-old Dan Duffy of Lincoln was a technician on one of the Air Force launch crews that manned the Atlas sites at the height of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
The steel framework within the silo equals the height of an 18 story building and weighed about 1,500 tons. Through three more blast doors is the massive Atlas silo itself, now mostly filled with water. They have, really, I mean, all the basics that you would need." "So they've got hot and cold running water, and they've got an electric furnace as well as a wood burning stove. "They've got two wells to fill up four 500 gallon water tanks," Mike Figueroa said. The doors open into the two-story living area that used to be the missile site’s command and control center. At the thickest point it looks like it’s probably close to a foot.," Mike Figueroa said. Thirty-feet underground we pass through the first of five steel doors built to protect the Air Force launch team from nuclear attack. Some of the hottest times in the Cold War."
"Lincoln had some of the first missile silos ever built in the United States. A 20 th Century Fort, the LAMB in Taylor County lies in the Forts Trail Region which showcases the heritage, natural beauty, and rich culture of a 29-county region of Central West Texas for the benefit and enjoyment of Texans and travelers. "Basically when Atlas missiles came along it was this brand new science that the Air Force really took and ran with to supplement their bomber force," Branting said.īranting says the former Lincoln Air Force Base commanded 12 Atlas Missile sites in Nebraska. The silos could house and protect the Atlas F missile from all but a direct nuclear strike. It is located north of the National Isolated Radio Array, east of Big Freds BBQ Shack, and west of the Sugar Grove intelligence facility. The abandoned missile silo, which has not yet been converted, can be developed into a recreational space.Cold War historian Rob Branting, a native of Lincoln, is supervisor of North Dakota’s Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Historic Site. Site Alpha is a location in the Savage Divide region of Appalachia. Through a set of steel doors at the bottom level of the command center, you can access the 185-foot deep silo where the missile was kept. The bedrooms and bathrooms are located in the underground command center with 3,000 square feet of living space. The current owners purchased the home with 19 acres of land and began transforming it into a livable residence.Ī decoy house sits on top of the command center with 2,000 square feet of space including the kitchen and the living room. In 1965, the missile silo was decommissioned and the land was auctioned off. The underground missile silo contained the Atlas F missile which was connected to an underground missile launch control center. Located in the Adirondack Mountains in Saranac, New York, this unique property with its own FAA-approved airstrip was converted to a luxury home from an nuclear missile silo.ĭuring the Cold War, this Saranac site was part of the Atlas missile system developed by the United States government.
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