Fort McCoy, Buidling No. T-2017, Northwest Corner of Intersection of South Eleventh Avenue & South "B" Street, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-2017 is significant as an intact, essentially unaltered example of a 700 Series, Type TH-4, Theatre, with seating for 602 people. Although there were four additional theatres constructed at Camp McCoy, Building T-2017 is the only theatre of this type. The construction of Building T-2017 was part of a massive, nation-wide mobilization program designed to build cantonments in which to house and train the expanded World War II Army. The 700 and 800 Series drawings were comprehensive sets of drawings which could be used interchangeably in creating the various building types. War mobilization buildings are significant for their construction and technological innovation. Techniques such as the standardization of plans, prefabrication of units, and assembly-line approach to construction were largely pioneered in the construction of these mobilization structures.
Survey number: HABS WI-308-FG
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction