Fort McCoy, Building No. T-453, East Twelfth Street, midway between East "J" & East "K" Streets, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Building T-453 is significant as an intact and essentially unaltered example of a type BOQ44, Bachelor Officers' Quarters (Without Mess). This building is one of 34 built at Camp McCoy in 1942. The construction of Building T-453 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 800 Series, and the 700 Series that preceded it, was a comprehensive set 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-Q
Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction