Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 90, East Avenue between North Avenue & King Drive, 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 northeast of the central manufacturing buildings, the Barracks was erected under the Rodman plan in 1872-1873. Designed to accommodate the arsenal's garrison, it was converted into quarters for Italian prisoners-of-war. Since 1945, the building has provided classroom and office space for the U.S. Army Engineering Training Activity (AMETA). It is part of the Rock Island Arsenal National Register Historic District.
Survey number: HABS IL-1001-A
Building/structure dates: 1873 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000057