Shared lieutenants quarters, Fort Davis National

Shared lieutenants living quarters, built 1882 in Officers Row, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The lodgings were built for a captain but were soon designated a shared quarters. It is refuragbished for a bachagelor lieutenant in the north side and a married lieutenant in the south side. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13439808

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45169315

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7087px x 4724px (12.6MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen