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Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table f... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This stable barn likewise followed standardized plan 139 of the Quartermaster General. It stood on Thayer Street and was completed on September 29, 1903, making it the oldest of all the existing ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 137, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 137, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure consisted of a basic building unit, completed according to the Quartermaster General's plan 91D on October 29, 1903, at a cost of $12,944.00, plus later additions built on either en... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 72, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 72, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, fronting on Thayer Street, was completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $3,945.35, and was built in accordance with plan 39G in the Quartermaster General's office. It was buil... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table f... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 122, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 122, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This single story structure, completed on December 31, 1907, and costing $3,165.00, stood near Rogers Road in the complex of quartermaster buildings. It had brick walls in running bond, a slate g... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 87, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 87, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: Building No. 87 was raised according to standard plan 139F in the Quartermaster General's office. Erected along Chafee Road to contain sixty cavalry horses used by members of the regimental band,... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 126, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 126, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Building No. 126, located southwest of Building No. 123, was finished on July 31, 1907, at a cost of $14,437.99. Erected in accordance with plan 139H of the Quartermaster General's office, the st... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 152, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 152, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Building No. 152 stands in a north-south alignment off the southeast corner of the parade, east of Chaffee Street and not far from Wood Circle. Completed on April 10, 1908, the structure cost $2,... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 65-66, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 65-66, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This two-story building stood on the west end of the line of barracks fronting on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. Virtually identical in all respects to the other structure... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 149, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 149, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This small building, completed on August 15, 1904, at a cost of $2,372.00, stands northeast of the parade ground behind Building No. 47, the Cavalry Drill Hall. It has red brick walls joined in r... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 135, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 135, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Completed on January 23, 1904, at a cost of $11,535.00, Building No. 135 conformed to the Quartermaster General's plan 55E for storehouses. The single story building was situated in an east-west ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 73, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 73, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: Like most of the other stable buildings, Building No. 73 was based on plan 139 in the office of the Quartermaster General. Work on the structure was finished on February 24, 1905, and it cost $18... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table f... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This stable barn likewise followed standardized plan 139 of the Quartermaster General. It stood on Thayer Street and was completed on September 29, 1903, making it the oldest of all the existing ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This stable barn likewise followed standardized plan 139 of the Quartermaster General. It stood on Thayer Street and was completed on September 29, 1903, making it the oldest of all the existing ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 73, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 73, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: Like most of the other stable buildings, Building No. 73 was based on plan 139 in the office of the Quartermaster General. Work on the structure was finished on February 24, 1905, and it cost $18... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 75, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 75, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure fronted on Thayer Street and was completed on November 15, 1904, costing $2,603.96. Built in a Classical Revival style according to the Quartermaster General's plan 39C, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This stable barn adhered to standardized building plan 37G in the office of the Quartermaster General. Completed on October 29, 1903, after an expenditure of $7,754.10, the building had red brick... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk Cou...

Significance: Building No. 7, situated along the west side of the parade ground northwest of Allen Circle, is the only structure remaining of the several officers' quarters that once existed there. Completed o... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk Cou...

Significance: Building No. 7, situated along the west side of the parade ground northwest of Allen Circle, is the only structure remaining of the several officers' quarters that once existed there. Completed o... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 87, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 87, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: Building No. 87 was raised according to standard plan 139F in the Quartermaster General's office. Erected along Chafee Road to contain sixty cavalry horses used by members of the regimental band,... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 71, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 71, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: Building No. 71, fronting on Thayer Street, was completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $18,865.24. Composed of brick walls resting on a foundation of stone and concrete, the structure had a... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table f... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double structure, built originally to accommodate two junior grade officers and their families, was completed January 9, 1909, at a cost of $22,758.97. It stands at the west end of the north... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 75, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 75, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure fronted on Thayer Street and was completed on November 15, 1904, costing $2,603.96. Built in a Classical Revival style according to the Quartermaster General's plan 39C, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double structure, built originally to accommodate two junior grade officers and their families, was completed January 9, 1909, at a cost of $22,758.97. It stands at the west end of the north... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This stable barn likewise followed standardized plan 139 of the Quartermaster General. It stood on Thayer Street and was completed on September 29, 1903, making it the oldest of all the existing ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 137, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 137, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure consisted of a basic building unit, completed according to the Quartermaster General's plan 91D on October 29, 1903, at a cost of $12,944.00, plus later additions built on either en... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 49, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The post chapel, erected between April and September 29, 1910, at a cost of $11,957.00 (including furniture), was built of brick joined in running bond with red-pigmented mortar on a foundation of... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This stable barn adhered to standardized building plan 37G in the office of the Quartermaster General. Completed on October 29, 1903, after an expenditure of $7,754.10, the building had red brick... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 61-62, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double two-story unit, identical in construction to those discussed previously, fronted on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. The structure cost $58,551.73 when completed... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 68, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 68, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure stood almost directly south of Building No. 66 and consisted of a stable barn for cavalry mounts. Completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $14,843.10, the building rested on a ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 63-64, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands to the west of the preceding building, along Gruber Street and fronting the south side of the Fort Des Moines parade ground. Built according to the Quartermaster General's P... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 81, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 81, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This stable barn, finished on January 23, 1904, conformed with plan 139 in the Quartermaster General's Office and was erected at a cost of $16,015.71. Fronting on Thayer Street, the structure was... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 123, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This stable barn adhered to standardized building plan 37G in the office of the Quartermaster General. Completed on October 29, 1903, after an expenditure of $7,754.10, the building had red brick... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 138, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 138, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Built in accordance with the Quartermaster General's standard plan 198, this structure was finished on October 9, 1908, at a cost of $13,710.20. It had brick walls, a gabled slate roof with retur... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 138, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 138, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Built in accordance with the Quartermaster General's standard plan 198, this structure was finished on October 9, 1908, at a cost of $13,710.20. It had brick walls, a gabled slate roof with retur... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 127, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This structure followed plan 139Q in the Quartermaster General's Office. It cost $15,667.00 to erect and was completed on November 19, 1910, with brick walls, limestone and concrete water table f... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk Cou...

Significance: Building No. 7, situated along the west side of the parade ground northwest of Allen Circle, is the only structure remaining of the several officers' quarters that once existed there. Completed o... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double structure, built originally to accommodate two junior grade officers and their families, was completed January 9, 1909, at a cost of $22,758.97. It stands at the west end of the north... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 149, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 149, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This small building, completed on August 15, 1904, at a cost of $2,372.00, stands northeast of the parade ground behind Building No. 47, the Cavalry Drill Hall. It has red brick walls joined in r... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 73, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 73, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: Like most of the other stable buildings, Building No. 73 was based on plan 139 in the office of the Quartermaster General. Work on the structure was finished on February 24, 1905, and it cost $18... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 152, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 152, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Building No. 152 stands in a north-south alignment off the southeast corner of the parade, east of Chaffee Street and not far from Wood Circle. Completed on April 10, 1908, the structure cost $2,... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Fort Des Moines is significant as the site of the army training camp for black officers during World War I, the first extensive attempt to education black officer candidates for the rigors of comb... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 59-60, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 59-60, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands along the south side of the parade next to Building No. 58. Completed on November 15, 1904, the 200-man double barracks cost $58,551.73 to erect and was built of red brick j... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 59-60, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 59-60, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This structure stands along the south side of the parade next to Building No. 58. Completed on November 15, 1904, the 200-man double barracks cost $58,551.73 to erect and was built of red brick j... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk Cou...

Significance: Building No. 7, situated along the west side of the parade ground northwest of Allen Circle, is the only structure remaining of the several officers' quarters that once existed there. Completed o... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 65-66, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 65-66, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This two-story building stood on the west end of the line of barracks fronting on Gruber Street and the south side of the parade ground. Virtually identical in all respects to the other structure... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 122, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 122, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: This single story structure, completed on December 31, 1907, and costing $3,165.00, stood near Rogers Road in the complex of quartermaster buildings. It had brick walls in running bond, a slate g... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 47, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: The Cavalry Drill Hall, wherein Fort Des Moines cavalrymen practiced equestrian formations, stood behind Building No. 46 of the northeast corner of the parade. It was completed on April 2, 1907. ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: This double structure, built originally to accommodate two junior grade officers and their families, was completed January 9, 1909, at a cost of $22,758.97. It stands at the west end of the north... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 86, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This stable barn likewise followed standardized plan 139 of the Quartermaster General. It stood on Thayer Street and was completed on September 29, 1903, making it the oldest of all the existing ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 135, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 135, Des Moines, Polk C...

Significance: Completed on January 23, 1904, at a cost of $11,535.00, Building No. 135 conformed to the Quartermaster General's plan 55E for storehouses. The single story building was situated in an east-west ... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 55-56, Des Moines, Pol...

Significance: Located on the south side of the parade ground, near the southeast corner, this two-story structure of Classical Revival style was completed on September 29, 1903, costing $59,806.94. Of brick jo... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 46, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This structure, completed on November 17, 1904, at a cost of $35,456.87, is one of the oldest surviving buildings at Fort Des Moines. Originally erected to house ten bachelor officers, the struct... More

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