Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 225, Rodman Avenue between Flagler Street & Gillespie Avenue, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for construction of ten large manufacturing shops, five on each side of the island's major east-west thoroughfare. These core manufacturing structures were supplemented by a variety of administrative, residential, maintenance, storage, and utility buildings. ... Located just west of the central manufacturing buildings, the Post Building was erected under the Rodman plan in 1873-1874. It originally served as a combined guard house, fire station, storehouse, and administrative office. Although its storage and administrative functions were later transferred to other structures, it still functions as the arsenal's main fire station and security office. It is part of the Rock Island Arsenal National Register Historic District.
Survey number: HABS IL-1001-B
Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1898 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1919 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000057