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Item Title
Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building Nos. 14-15, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
LocationBuilding Nos. 14-15,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS IA-121-B
Building/structure dates:
1909 initial construction
National Register Number: 74000805
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 side of the parade ground, the sole surviving unit of several officers' quarters that once lined the northern periphery of the post and fronted on Dickman Avenue. This quarters rests on a foundation of rusticated limestone and concrete, is built of red brick joined in running bond by red-pigmented mortar and has a slate roof. Its construction followed standardized drawing 120H approved by the Quartermaster General's office in June, 1907.
Subjects
Officers' Quarters
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST [BLDG 15 (L) AND 14 (R)]
2. VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST [BLDG 14 (L) AND 15 (R)]
3. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH (BLDG 15)
4. VIEW LOOKING EAST (BLDG 15)
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