Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receiving and distributing new recruits in the West. From the 1860s through the 1880s a village of wood frame buildings including a chapel, officers' quarters, barracks, and various support structures was constructed and expanded. Now part of Angel Island State Park, Camp Reynolds features a remarkable collection of surviving late nineteenth-century army structures.
This double officers' quarters was built in 1869 to expand the Civil War era facilities at Camp Reynolds. Although always occupied as an army structure, this building reflects domestic architecture of the second half of the nineteenth century in its form, porches, and plain but fashionable detailing. This structure housed two officers of equal rank while giving the appearance of a single family dwelling. Numerous changes indicate continual adaption for use by army personnel. Construction of more modern officers' quarters at the East Garrison in the mid-1910s and years of hard use reduced the status of this structure to quarters for non-commissioned officers in 1931.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N901
Survey number: HABS CA-1841-D
Building/structure dates: 1869