Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1039, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-1039 is a Ward, Type C-H, with a 33-bed capacity (31 beds in an open ward, two beds in individual rooms next to the ward office). There are seven Type C-H Wards located throughout the hospital area (except the northeast quadrant), and, according to the 1943 Annual Report to the Surgeon General, these were constructed during that year in response to a shortage of patient beds at McCoy.
Survey number: HABS WI-308-BF
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction