I must have missed the multiple movies made about Building 66050.
This is, of course, the problem with "preservationists." It is neither logical nor practical to try to preserve all old buildings. Some of them, with significant historical importance, absolutely. But not all.
If it was really that attractive or important a building, I would expect to see more than 8-10 images of it in a Google Search. It’s quite apparently neither, but I’m sure it’s significant to those who enjoyed it. If they can raise the $7 million, more power to them.
Buildings like the Mountain View Officers club were built all over the United States as a part of the mobilization for World War II. It fits into a general vernacular known as “World War II wood”. Over the years these temporary buidings have been demolished as they outlived their usefulness and their state of repair rendered them uneconomical. Most have some form of absetos that was installed over the years.
Over 20 years ago, the Army decided that the the WWII wood had to go. A few buildings have been preserved as a part of museums, but acres and acres of them are now gone. This building is nothing unique except that it served as an officer’s club for black troops during their WWII training. The post’s original barracks buildings, built when the 10th Cavalry was hunting the Apaches are preserved and are a much more significant historic relic of the Buffalo Soldiers.
If the black community wants to preserve the building, let them organize, raise money, and take the Army up on its offer. They probably won’t, they have come to expect the the Federal Government will just give them whatever they want.
Back in the day the Officer's Club used to be used as a dorm for visiting engineers.
In front of the OC was a pool lined by palm trees and irrigated small lawns.
In intermediate years Employee fams were allowed to use the pool on weekends and visiting personnel used to take a dip in the pool at the end of the (hot summer) day before driving off to lodging in Kingman or Lake Havasu.
Later budget cuts killed off the pool :-{.
Change happens.