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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLJ_old-guard-house-115a_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
The first guardhouse at Fort Apache was built of logs and located on this site. In 1876, this stone building - the second oldest surviving structure on the post - was constructed to replace the original log structure. It was replaced as the guardh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLI_guard-house-114_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
This stone guard house was built around 1891 to replace the earlier, bed-bug infested structure still standing about 300 feet to the west of this site. Placed near the original main entrance to the fort, this building provided housing for guards a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLH_commissary-storehouse-113_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
Built in 1889 to replace a smaller adobe structure, the Commissary Storehouse served as the Fort's food storage and distribution point until its closure in 1922. A solid building, the storehouse includes a stone cellar that extends three-fourth of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLG_t-r-school-teachers-quarters-112_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
This house was constructed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs around 1930 to house Theodore Roosevelt School teachers and families. It deviates in style, though not in size, from the typical Officers' Row quarters. Initially the house had a flat r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLE_non-commissioned-officers-quarters-110-111_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
Constructed in 1888 in the architectural style of Fort Apache's Officers' Row, these residences housed junior officers or non-commissioned officers and their families. Like other quarters on the east end of Officers' Row, these residences were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLD_adjutants-office-117_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
Built of adobe bricks in 1876, this is the third oldest surviving building at Fort Apache. Originally the Adjutant's Office (administrative office) of the post, it also served variously as post headquarters, military Post Office, telegraph office,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOLA_officers-quarters-107-108-109_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
These three officers' quarters were constructed between 1883 and 1888 to house junior officers and their families. With clipped-corner porches and symmetrical front elevations, these quarters reflect the architectural style established by the mili…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOL8_officers-quarters-106_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
This frame officer's quarters in the only one of seven built between 1883 and 1886 to have survived without significant modifications. Like many of the post's residences, it was built around a large central hallway that runs the length of the hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOL3_b-i-a-club-house-105_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
The Club House was constructed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1930 to provide housing and kitchen facilities for unmarried teachers employed at the Theodore Roosevelt School. The building was later converted to a clubhouse for use by the schoo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOL1_commanding-officers-quarters-104_Fort-Apache-AZ.html
A classic Victorian mansion, this building clearly represents some of the Army's architectural motivations. Recognizing the difficulties for officers and their families of being assigned to remote posts, the Army built homes such as this one to pr…
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