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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M96_officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Constructed in 1855, this building was originally a single story complex of four quarters for officers and their families. It has evolved over time to be more spacious and comfortable with a second story, bay windows and covered porches. Seen in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M95_barracks-dining-hall_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Photo etching caption:
Soldiers of the 10th Infantry Co. E in front of the barracks in 1892
This building, like most, has been modified numerous times to suit the needs of the entities that managed it. Originally built in 1855 as a barracks fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M94_commanding-officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
During the Army era, the fort's commander and his family lived in this beautiful stone structure. During the Hospital's tenure, it was the residence of the Medical Officer in Charge. Over the years, it is the only building that has remained relati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M86_l-g-murphy-sutler-store_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
On the site located 100 yards west of this sign resided the L.G. Murphy Sutler Store (the post trader). Begun in 1866 by Lawrence G. Murphy and Emil Fritz (both former Dragoons stationed at Fort Stanton), it was a large, rambling, adobe structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M82_commissary-warehouse_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
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Building 12, torn down in 1930, was actually attached to Building 13. When it was taken down, a chunk of the roof fell into a lady's bedroom.
Originally built in 1855 of adobe, the building that occupied this location w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M3O_nurses-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
This building was constructed in 1940 on the site of building 11 (formerly barracks and then the original tubercular hospital). While it does not match the style or construction of most of the original fort buildings, it does reflect the Territori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M3N_officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
This building was constructed in 1883 of adobe. It was designed to house two officers and their families. During the hospital years, it was used as doctor's housing, boasting two finely appointed apartments.
What a privilege it was to be statio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M28_chapel_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
The Catholic chapel was originally built in 1913 on a wing of building 11 across the parade ground. In 1938, buildings 10, 11 and 12 were demolished, but the chapel was left free standing. A new stone façade was added to the old chapel consisting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M27_new-hospital_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
This new hospital building replaced the old tubercular hospital (buildings 10 and 11) in 1936. It was state of the art when constructed and boasted a bed capacity of 85 patients and the first elevator in the state of New Mexico.
Doctors that we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M23_hospital-administration_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
T.B. Patients in front of the hospital administration building.
This building was constructed of local stone by troops of the 1st Dragoons and 8th Infantry as a barracks in 1855. It was utilized in that capacity until the fort was closed by the…