Fort Huachuca, Cavalry Stable, Clarkson Road, Sierra Vista (HABS AZ-210-G)

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Building is located along the west side of Clarkson Road, north of the intersection with Hungerford Avenue. It i$ the northernmost of seven cavalry stables aligned in a row on the site. The complex is located at Fort Huachuca (Sierra Vista vicinity), Cochise County, Arizona. The building and its complex lie within the Quartermaster area (Figure USGS Quadrangle, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 7.5 minute series, photo- revised in This building is bounded by the following UTM coordinates: Zone Northing Easting NW SW NE SE Date of Construction: Designer: Quartermaster Corps. Builder: United States Army.

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Building is a modified but integral component of Fort Huachuca's cavalry stable complex. The seven cavalry stables at Fort Huachuca were completed in utilizing a standardized Quartermaster Corps plan. The structures are eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places due to their association with the Cavalry and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in (Criterion A) and because they represent, the only known examples of stables constructed using the Quartermaster Corps plan no. 291 (Criterion C). FORT HUACHUCA,

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No. AZ-210-G (Page 2) LIST OF FIGURES SITE PLAN SHOWING BUILDING LOCATION 11 U.S. ARMY QUARTERMASTER CORPS FORM, NO. 173A; INITIAL PROPERTY RECORD CARD, BUILDING 11 G.3 FOUNDATION AT SOUTHWEST CORNER 12 DETAIL OF THE STONE MASONRY WALL CONSTRUCTION, NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUILDING. THE MASONRY WORK IS TYPICAL OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION ERA AT FORT HUACHUCA 12 ORIGINAL ROOF FRAMING TIED INTO A PERIMETER BEAM IN A TOOL CRIB VIEW TO WEST OF FULL-LENGTH, NORTH PORCH WITH FRAMED SHED ROOF ON STEEL PIPE COLUMNS.

CONSTRUCTION DATE UNKNOWN 13 TYPICAL FLUSH PANEL PERSONNEL DOOR, NORTH FACADE, INSTALLED IN CORRUGATED ALUMINUM SWING-UP DOORS, NORTH FACADE, INSTALLED IN DETAIL OF STEEL HOPPER WINDOW FOR LATRINES, SOUTH FACADE DISPATCH OFFICE WINDOW OF ANODIZED ALUMINUM AND STEEL CASEMENT TRANSLUCENT "CORRULUM" PANEL IN CORRUGATED METAL ROOFING IN THE TOOL CRIBS. INSTALLED IN 16 MODIFIED RAFTER ENDS CUT SO THEY ARE PARALLEL TO THE GROUND 16 GAS SPACE HEATER, SUSPENDED FROM ROOF STRUCTURE, IN TOOL CRIB QUARTERMASTER CORPS FORM NO. 117 FOR BUILDING 22 REAL PROPERTY RECORD CARD, DA FORM BUILDING 23 "MODIFY BUILDING FOR ORDNANCE INSPECTION STATION", NOW BUILDING "TYPICAL BUILDINGS, CLOSED STABLE," A STANDARDIZED PLAN VERY SIMILAR TO FORT HUACHUCA'S CAVALRY STABLES FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No.

AZ-210-G (Page 3) PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History 1. Date of erection: According to U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps Form No. 173a the initial property record card, this building and the other six cavalry stables were com- pleted 5 January (Figure HABS No. AZ-21 O-G-5). 2. Architect: The Office of the Constructing Quartermaster Corps provider of standardized plan no. as indicated on Form No. 173a. In this corps was one of five divisions of the Office of the Quartermaster General in Washington, (Chatley 3. Original owner, occupants, uses: The owner has been the U.S. Army. The known original occupant/user was the 1Oth Cavalry and its mounts. Very little information has been found about subsequent tenants, although the building's uses can be determined.

The build- ing still had horses in (Parkhurst and Thiel This building was still classified a stable in a inventory (U.S.A.C.E. This classification may not have been accu- rate because major wall modifications, probably undertaken shortly after the Works Progress Administration (VV.P.A.) era, indicate a change of use. In this building was modified to an ordnance inspection station (Figure Today it serves as dispatch, of- fices, and tool cribs for the Directorate of Installation Services (DIS). 4. Builder, contractor and suppliers: Built by the U.S. Army. Information about the con- tractor or suppliers has not been located. The photograph on Form No.

173a shows the building apparently still under construction with one laborer working on the entry door (Figure It was Quartermaster Corps policy for Army buildings to be erected and re- paired by the troops (Chatley 5. Original plans and construction: Office of the Constructing Quartermaster Corps, standardized plan no. This plan could not be found at the National Archives; thus, it is not known whether its application on this post followed the standard or was a local modifica- tion to accommodate topographic and climatic conditions at Fort Huachuca (Chatley 6. Alterations and additions: All cavalry stables in the complex, including Building have been modified to a greater or lesser extent.

Building has undergone the most extensive exterior and interior modifications of all seven buildings. However, much of this work appears to have been done by and thus has its own historic significance. It is possible that shortly after the building changed function. Its exterior was dramati- cally altered by the stone masonry work visible today and characteristic of W.P.A. projects undertaken at Ft. Huachuca during the and early (Parkhurst and Thiel Both gable ends were rebuilt of stone masonry, and frame side walls were replaced by regu- larly spaced stone piers. Original openings and storage rooms were removed, but interior posts and roof structure remained.

{The structure currently is visible in the tool crib sections of the building.) The building's function at the time of this conversion is not known. FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 4) Plans issued by the Post Engineer Office in for Building titled "Modify Building for Ordnance Inspection Station," called for adding concrete masonry unit walls to partition the building, an inspection pit, fiberglass skylights, security windows and large, swing-up, corrugated aluminum doors (Figure Post Engineer Office Most of this work is in place today. According to the real property record, further partitions were in- stalled in for Additional office space rehabilitation occurred in (U.S. Army Form Post-1954 partitioning occurred in zones now used as offices.

Some win- dows and interior doors appear to date from the or projects (HASS No. AZ-210- B. Historical Context The United States Army completed the construction of seven cavalry stables at Fort Hua- chuca, Arizona, in January The stables housed horses and mules used by members of the Cavalry popularly known as the Buffalo Soldiers. The mid-191 Os saw a military buildup along the United States-Mexican border, as internal Mexican political problems es- calated. As intense fighting took place in northern Sonora, Fort Huachuca personnel pa- trolled the border, protected local residents and sought to prevent smuggling activities. Members of the Cavalry participated in the Punitive Expedition, the last ma- jor use of cavalry forces by the United States Army.

The seven stables were likely one of the last cavalry stables complexes built in the United States. The Punitive Expedition saw the first use of motorized vehicles by the military and afterward the Army turned away from horse-mounted soldiers. The Cavalry left Fort Huachuca in however, the stables remained in use until at least They were later used for other purposes including storage and office space (Parkhurst and Thiel To reinforce the formality that was traditional at historic, American military forts, stables tended to be repetitious units arranged in an orderly pattern not far from the barracks of the troops. Such repetition could be assured by the use of a standardized plan. Fort Huachuca's seven cavalry stables were located in the expanded Quartermaster area.

Aligned in a row along the railroad right-of-way, the buildings constituted a property of identical buildings, each having a simple gable-roofed form (minus monitor) generated from Quartermaster Corps plan no. The stables were of the straight, double-loaded, central corridor type with identical, un-gated stalls lining the sides (Parkhurst and Thiel PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement Architectural character: Like the other six stables in this complex, greatly modified Building is distinctive for its simple morphology, a front-gabled form generated from an elon- gated, rectangular footprint that reflects its original function, the stabling of seventy-eight cavalry mounts.

In addition, its partly visible, exposed structural system is an elegant, al- though rustic, integration of repetitious components. The exterior and interior have been ex- tensively modified, but much of this work is historically significant in itself. Of particular worth is the W.P.A.-era stone masonry work (HASS No. AZ-210-G-1). FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No. AZ-210-G (Page 5) The prototypical cavalry stable was an elongated, gable-roofed building with concrete foundations and a frame bearing wall system with interior posts installed along a central aisle that supported repetitive, exposed roof framing. Exterior walls were board and batten, and roofing was corrugated metal.

There were three door openings, one on each gable end and one on the north side wall to allow mounts access into the paddock. Ramps were pro- vided where needed. Readable photographs of the main entry doors alone can be found, showing a pair of swinging, wood-panel doors with one light above. Fenestration included six-over-six double-hung windows for storage rooms near the east end and an array of square, six-light windows to illuminate individual stalls. Inside, on either side of the central aisle at the east end, were a forage and grain room and a saddle room. These rooms had concrete floors plus vertical board siding along the aisle and horizontal wood sheathing inside.

The end walls of each room, which formed one side of an adjacent stall, was reinforced by thicker, horizontal, board sheathing. Each room had two panel doors on the aisle and ceilings were board and batten. The rest of the building was devoted to the stabling of horses and mules in repetitive, dou- ble-stall bays defined by the wood posts. Here the walls were unfinished with exposed fram- ing. There was no ceiling other than the roof framing clad in corrugated metal. The floor was dirt. Stall rails were framed into the back of each post, and there were no gates at the aisle. Mangers were attached to walls where animals were tethered. 2. Condition of fabric: The overall structural condition of Building appears to be fair to good.

The building is in full use and is relatively well-maintained. However, some wood walls and doors are weathered and need repair and paint. 8. Description of Exterior 1. Overall dimensions: Building is 219 ft, 8 inches long by 30 ft, 3 Y2 inches wide. The walls are approximately 1O ft, 8 inches high from the top of the stem wall to the bottom of rafter bearing. The gable roof peaks at approximately 18 ft. 2. Foundations: Foundations are hand-poured, board-formed concrete and comprise an 8- inch-thick stem wall. It is unlikely there is any steel reinforcing in this foundation. Due to the site slope and the installation of concrete aprons, the stem wall is not visible except at the west end of the building, where it shows a maximum of 1 ft, 3 inches above the asphalt paving.

Its hand-poured quality is seen in occasional voids and seams from uneven board placement (Figure As in Building each interior wood post probably bears on a small concrete pad, ap- proximately 7 inches square in plan and installed level with the top of the original wall foun- dation. 3. Walls: None of the original board-and-batten clad, frame walls remain. Exterior walls vary and are built of stone masonry, wood frame, and concrete masonry units. Cladding on the frame walls varies from bay to bay. Except for stone elements, walls are painted a pink beige color. They are in various states of repair. FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 6) The east and west gable walls are built of stone masonry, minus openings.

Stones are characteristic of the type found in this mineral-rich region, colored various shades of ochre, maroon, and gray. Mortar is thick, rustically applied to cover the stone edges and render a rounded appearance. This is characteristic of W.P.A. work (Figure Both large beams atop the structural posts inside protrude through the stonework. The north and south fa- cades feature a regular of 4-inch by 0-inch stone perimeter piers that create bays. These piers align with the original posts inside. (On the north fac;ade, there is one concrete masonry pier. It is the fourteenth pier from the east.) On the north and south facades, walls (with or without openings) and corrugated aluminum doors fill in the bays between the stone piers.

The walls are either installed close to the outer edge of the pier, or inset by as much as 2 ft and sheltered by the roof overhang. On the north fac;ade, the fifth and sixth bays from the east end have painted concrete masonry walls inset 5 ft, 6 inches. Except the previously mentioned concrete masonry walls, most walls are of wood frame construction. Cladding found on frame walls includes plywood sheets, horizontal, lapped 12- inch composition board and textured plywood Some of the plywood and composi- tion siding is damaged, weathered, and missing paint, especially on the south fac;ade. 4. Structural System: Due to the extent of the modifications and the addition of suspended ceilings in office spaces, except for posts, it is difficult to observe the original structural tem.

In the multi-bay tool cribs, however, it remains exposed (HABS No. AZ-210-G-4). The original structural system, a wood frame bearing wall system on continuous concrete foundations with two internal, longitudinally placed rows of regularly spaced posts along a central aisle, has been altered. Perimeter bearing walls have been replaced by structural piers and beams. (These beams, which span large door openings, can be observed in the tool cribs. It is not known whether other perimeter walls are structural.) The internal posts and roof framing structure remain. Where visible, posts are braced and tied to the perimeter beams, the sloping roof rafters, and across the aisle by lateral, longitudinal, and diagonal members.

Posts, roof framing members, and roofing nailing boards appear to be of redwood, whereas wall studs and exte- rior board siding are probably fir (Figure The posts are 6" x 6" redwood timbers that extend from the concrete foundation pad to the bottom edge of a rafter. Except for the large 3" x 10" support header and the 3" x 6" tie beam at the top of the posts, framing members are 2" x It can be observed that posts are tied, in typical fashion, longitudinally along the aisle at the top and at 9 ft, 7 inches above the floor, and there are flanking, diagonal, braces. This bracing gives a truss-like appearance. Each post is also connected to the top of the perimeter beam by a tie beam also attached to a rafter. Where visible in the tool cribs of Building most structural members are intact.

Roof rafters are 2" x 6"s that extend beyond the walls to form eaves with overhangs. They tie into a 3" x 8" ridge member. Above the rafters are 2" x 4" nailing boards to which corru- gated metal roofing is attached. The 2" x 4"s extend beyond the gable walls to form rake overhangs. FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 7) 5. Porches and aprons: Photographs on forms No. 173a and 117 do not show any kind of grade-level apron at the principal, east entry up to There was a ramp to the north door (Figures ). As there is no east door, the typical concrete apron found on the other buildings is missing for Building There is, instead, a gently sloped earth berm.

In 5-ft-wide, sloped concrete aprons (also called ramps on the plan) were installed along the north and south facades (Post Engineer Office Their primary purpose was to facilitate loading. The north ramp, which also functions as a sidewalk, runs the full length of the building. It is covered by a porch. There are three concrete ramps on the south fa- 9ade. Two of them, three and six bays long respectively, serve the tool cribs from the rear. Of unknown vintage, the north porch is a full-length appendage with a shed roof attached to the building by a ledger at the eave. The porch roof is supported on 3-inch-diameter steel pipes with saddle connectors on top that hold a 4" x 12" beam to which rafters and sheath- ing in plywood are attached.

The pipes are installed 5 ft, 7 inches from the stone piers, in the asphalt pavement beyond the concrete apron. The porch roof is clad in roll roofing (Figure 6. Chimneys: There are numerous metal flues, vents, and ventilators on the roof of this building. The rotating ventilators are installed near the ridge. Some of them are missing tops. 7. Openings: No original opening remains today. a. Doorways and doors: Building has two types of exterior door. One is an entry door for personnel, located mostly where there are office spaces inside. The other is a large, swing-up, metal type for loading the tool cribs. On the north fa9ade there is one example of a metal personnel door built into a swing-up door. Personnel doors are mostly single, flush panel types with casing.

In the easternmost bay of the north fa9ade is a pair of flush panel doors. Some doors have a single light. Casing is ei- ther 3A" x 3" straight-jointed wood or %" x 2" mitered wood. The doors with straight-jointed casing probably pertain to the work. Those with mitered casing may be later. There are 1O personnel doors on the north fa9ade and two on the south fa9ade. They are painted red- brown (Figure Swing-up doors of corrugated aluminum fill an entire bay. Installed in they operate not by rolling up but by tilting up without bending and then engaging on a pair of horizontal steel tracks aligned along the inner face of the stone piers. Not all are operable today, and they function as metal walls. There are nine aluminum doors on the north fa9ade and seven on the south fa9ade (Figure b.

Windows: There are several non-original window types in this building. These include multi-light steel casement, multi-light steel fixed, steel hopper, and aluminum slider. Some have been adapted for evaporative cooler ducts on the south facade. Security windows are called out on the plans (Post Engineer Office They are multi-light, steel fixed windows with grills made of small steel rods. Several of these are installed on the south FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 8) fac;ade. The latrines have small hoppers with obscure glass and steel rod security grills. Two aluminum sliding windows, a later installation, appear near the east end of the south fac;ade.

Some windows have straight-jointed casing, others have mitered casing, and some are without casing (Figure The window for the dispatch office, in the third bay from the east on the north fac;ade, is a composite including a central sliding window of anodized aluminum flanked by four-light steel casement windows. This assembly is 6 ft, 8 inches wide by 4 ft, 2 inches tall. The lower panes of the central window slide for mail. Below this window assembly is a wood shelf mounted on brackets that spans between the two stone piers of the bay. There is a bay- width, shed-roofed canopy above (Figure On the south fac;ade, the second, third, and fourth bays have bay-width, metal-clad canopies above the aluminum windows. 8. Roof: a. Shape, covering: The roof is a low-pitch gable.

Its slope is approximately degrees. Since the principal building entry was originally on the east gabled end, this is a front-gabled roof form. In the original corrugated metal roofing was either fully replaced or modified to allow for the installation of by "Corrulum" panels every other bay (Post Engineer Office These panels are a translucent, green, fiberglass-like material and function as a skylight (Figure The roof has been painted light gray on the exterior. The paint has flaked off in places. At the rakes the metal is bent to form a drip edge. b. Eaves: Eaves comprise exposed 2" x 6" rafter ends that extend to form a overhang. The corrugated metal roofing is exposed at the eaves.

Rafters have been modified by a di- agonal cut that renders the ends parallel to the ground (Figure The gable rakes are supported by nailing boards over which board sheathing has been added. The rake ends overhang approximately 1 ft. There is a cornice board at the rakes and eaves. Eaves are generally in fair condition, because framing members have been painted. There is weather- ing of rafter ends, some deformed or torn roofing, and paint peeling. C. Description of Interior 1. Floor plan: Like Building Building has been extensively modified inside. A current floor plan has not been found, but the plan can be used to explain the layout (Figure Post Engineering Office Since additional partitioning has oc- curred in office zones only.

The plan shows the building divided into five basic zones from east to west. Pre-existing stone piers line the north and south perimeter walls. Interior posts remain, but the central corridor no longer functions because partitions prevent circulation between zones. Access from one zone to the next is undertaken outside. The east zone is currently an office and storage zone. The former inspection pit room, at the far east end, is now a locked storage room with a separate north entry. The adjacent space, three bays in length, has been further partitioned to include a mail room, a dispatch office, and an office for Roads and Grounds. The main dispatch north entrance is in the second bay from the east.

The next bay west is the mail room with the sliding window on a brack- eted shelf described above. This zone can also be accessed from a door facing west in the alcove of the second zone. FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 9) The second zone from the east, built in of concrete block walls, includes storage rooms and latrines. The third zone, six bays in length, is the first tool crib. It is accessed by a door facing east in the alcove of the second zone. In addition, at one time, its banks of cor- rugated aluminum doors were operable. The fourth zone from the east, built of concrete ma- sonry units in was later partitioned into two office spaces. Today the east one is the Environmental Office and the west one is the QC/Safety Office.

The fifth zone, four bays in length, is a second, open-structure tool crib with bay-wide corrugated aluminum doors. 2. Stairways: In the largest tool crib, there is a sturdy, open-riser, wood stair unit that rises 7 ft, 11 V2 inches to a platform. Treads are 1 %" x 11" boards attached to cut stringers. Ris- ers are 8 inches high. The unit is supported by 3" x 3" posts with 2" x 4" rails. 3. Flooring: In the offices and latrines, flooring is 12-inch-square beige vinyl tile over con- crete. In the tool cribs, it is concrete slab. 4. Wall and ceiling finish: In the partitioned office zones, wall materials vary. Walls con- structed of concrete masonry units are not finished except for white paint.

Frame walls are clad in white-painted composition board, gypsum wallboard, and 12-inch-square acoustic tile. There is baseboard on office walls. In the dispatch zone, base is 3-inch-wood cove molding or 1" x 2 straight board. In the Environmental and QC/Safety offices, there is brown vinyl base. Office ceilings are painted wallboard, 8 ft above the floor (HASS No. AZ- Lateral (north-south} tool crib walls are painted concrete masonry units, whereas perimeter walls constitute the painted inner faces of stone piers and corrugated aluminum doors. Tool crib ceilings are exposed structure (HASS No. AZ-210-G-4). 5. Openings: a. Doorways and doors: Interior doors vary.

From the dispatch office to the locked storage room in the east end bay is a four-panel wood door with six lights and contemporary hard- ware. Between the dispatch office and Roads and Grounds is an older oak door with an op- erable one-over-one double-hung light and contemporary hardware. Other doors are of a flush panel type painted to match walls. Door casing varies from a simple, %" x 3" straight- joint type on concrete masonry walls to sculpted molding. b. Windows: Noted elsewhere. Aluminum windows in the dispatch office zone have 1 %" x 1 %" corner molding used as casing. Windows in the zone four offices do not have casing. 6. Decorative features: None. 7. Hardware: No historic hardware was observed. 8. Mechanical equipment: a.

Heating, air-conditioning, ventilation: When first constructed, the building had no me- chanical equipment. Ventilation, a necessity for a stable, was provided through operable windows. There are notations on the real property record for gas space heaters and evapo- rative coolers to be installed in the building. Since approximately has been FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 10) allotted for this purpose (U.S. Army Form Currently two large evaporative coolers are ducted from the south fac;ade into the tool cribs (Figure b. lighting: The real property record notes a 200-amp, 240-volt with #4 wire electric con- nection for Building A notation calls for 12 double-tube, fluorescent fixtures (U.S. Army Form This type is currently the norm for this building. c.

Plumbing: The building was initially fitted with sewer and water connections (U.S.A.Q.M.C. In a %-inch water connection and a 4-inch sewer were noted (U.S. War Dept. ). The latrines have vitreous china toilets and wall-mounted lavatories. 9. Original furnishings: None. D. Site 1. General setting and orientation: Near the northwest corner of the intersection of Hun- gerford Avenue and Clarkson Road, Building is the northernmost unit of Fort Hua- chuca's historic cavalry stable complex in the former, expanded Quartermaster area east of Huachuca Creek. The building, although modified, is an integral component of a property of parallel, regularly arranged, matching units aligned along Clarkson Road and spaced ap- proximately 70 ft apart, with former paddocks in between.

These elongated, gable-roofed buildings are southeast-northwest trending. Given the spatial quality inherent in the regu- lated positioning of these buildings, the complex itself can be considered a single historic property. The site incorporates the stable complex and a surrounding area that includes the right-of- way of former railroad tracks to the east, Hungerford Avenue to the south, Huachuca Creek to the west, and part of the parking lot of Building to the north. The terrain slopes considerably to the northwest. Today's Clarkson Road, once an unnamed dirt access way, is asphalt paved. The historic railroad right-of-way, just east of Clarkson Road, is a level strip along a steep embankment.

There is a stone-lined drainage ditch along the east edge of the railroad bed and several Depression-era mortared, stone masonry features, including stairs and a retaining wall, within view of the buildings. Large, historic cottonwood trees grow along the railroad bed and downslope to the west along Huachuca Creek, a dry watercourse for much of the year. (See Parkhurst and Thiel The microsite of Building consists of its former designated paddock area to the north, the adjacent paddock to the south (between this building and Building and a zone to the rear (west side) and in front (east side). On the east end of the building, once the main entrance before the building was modified, is a gently sloped earth berm.

The former desig- nated north paddock and a large zone to the west (rear) of the building are enclosed by chain-link fencing. The ground surface has been graded and completely clad in asphalt pavement. Here a large number of personal and utility vehicles are parked. Between Build- ings and the former paddock for the surface is also asphalt pavement. FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 1 i) FORT HUACHUCA CAVALRY STABLES ~ SITE PLAN o ' 3D 5 0 FIGURE SITE PLAN SHOWING BUILDING LOCATION. FIGURE U.S. ARMY QUARTERMASTER CORPS FORM, NO. 173A INITIAL PROPERTY RECORD CARD, BUILDING (ON FILE AT THE FORT HUACHUCA HISTORICAL MUSEUM). FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY ST ABLE HABS No.

AZ-210-G (Page 12) FIGURE FOUNDATION AT SOUTHWEST CORNER (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FIGURE DETAIL OF THE STONE MASONRY WALL CONSTRUCTION, NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUILDING. THE MASONRY WORK IS TYPICAL OF THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (W.P.A.) ERA AT FORT HUACHUCA (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 13) FIGURE ORIGINAL ROOF FRAMING TIED FIGURE VIEW TO WEST OF FULL- INTO A PERIMETER BEAM IN A TOOL CRIB LENGTH, NORTH PORCH WITH FRAMED (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, SHED ROOF ON STEEL PIPE COLUMNS. JANUARY CONSTRUCTION DATE UNKNOWN (PHOTO- GRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No.

AZ-210-G (Page 14) FIGURE TYPICAL FLUSH PANEL PERSONNEL DOOR, NORTH FAQADE, INSTALLED IN (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FIGURE CORRUGATED ALUMINUM SWING-UP DOORS, NORTH FAQADE, INSTALLED IN (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 15) FIGURE DETAIL OF STEEL HOPPER WIN- DOW FOR LATRINES, SOUTH FACADE. (NOTE STEEL ROD SECURITY GRILL INSTALLED IN (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FIGURE DISPATCH OFFICE WINDOW OF ANODIZED ALUMINUM AND STEEL CASEMENT (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No. AZ-210-G (Page 16) FIGURE TRANSLUCENT "CORRULUM" FIGURE MODIFIED RAFTER ENDS CUT PANEL IN CORRUGATED METAL ROOFING IN SO THEY ARE PARALLEL TO THE GROUND THE TOOL CRIBS.

INSTALLED IN (PHO- (PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JAN- TOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY UARY2005). FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G {Page 17) FIGURE GAS SPACE HEATER, SUS- PENDED FROM ROOF STRUCTURE, IN TOOL CRIB {PHOTOGRAPH BY JANET PARKHURST, JANUARY FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No. AZ-210-G (Page 18) PART Ill. SOURCES OF INFORMATION A. Architectural Drawings: This building was constructed from the Office of the Construct- ing Quartermaster Corps (O.C.Q.C.) standardized plan no. as noted on the initial prop- erty record card (U.S.A.Q.M.C. The plans were not found at Fort Huachuca or other depositories of records.

During the period when Fort Huachuca was deactivated and reacti- vated several times, from to drawings and records were removed from the post and apparently lost (Parkhurst and Thiel The U.S. Army generated one early twentieth-century, standardized plan that is very similar to the Fort Huachuca cavalry stable plan (Construction Division of the Army 1919:Section C Plate It has the same elongated layout, front-gabled form, framing system, and fenes- tration found in plan no. This closed stable features a double-loaded, central-aisle, straight-stall plan with saddle and forage rooms at one end of the building. Mangers are mounted on the frame walls (Figure B. Early Views: Early views of Building are found on the initial property record card, Form No. 173a, and the card, Form No.

117 (Figures C. Interviews, Consultations: Robert Arzola, Architect. Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, De- partment of the Interior, Washington Mr. Arzola provided initial verbal guidance for ar- chitectural drawings. March Tom Campbell, Mechanical Engineer. Engineering Services Branch, Engineering Plans and Services Division, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Campbell researched and provided historic maps and building modification plans. January Mike Berg, Branch Chief. Engineering Services Branch, Engineering Plans and Services Division, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Berg provided a disk of scanned historic plans, includ- ing a modification for Building November Jack Boucher, Photographer.

Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, Mr. Boucher provided initial verbal guidance for the large-scale photography. March Paul W. Chattey, Historical Architect. Resources, Management and Science Department. Yosemite National Park. Mr. Chattey provided information about his work at Fort Huachuca, including his HABS documentation of four of the cavalry stables while working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. March February Thomas G. Cochran, Chief. Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Directorate of Public Works, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Cochran provided administrative support for this HABS project. December to February Paul Dolinsky, Chief.

Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Depart- ment of the Interior, Washington, Mr. Dolinsky provided initial verbal guidance for documentation of a stable complex. March FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No. AZ-210-G (Page 19) Raymond L. Easton, Real Property Clerk. Real Property Division, Directorate of Public Works, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Easton researched, interpreted, and provided property record cards for the seven stable buildings. In addition, he provided a very useful map and a building inventory. November through February Bob Frankeberger, Architect. Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Frankeberger provided scope guidance, review, and coordination with Fort Huachuca and the National Park Service, Denver, Colorado.

March and June Steve Gregory, Museum Assistant. Fort Huachuca Historical Museum, Fort Huachuca, Ari- zona. Mr. Gregory provided research guidance and archival material including maps, photo- graphs, and text about the evolution of the site and the stabling of mules and horses at Fort Huachuca. January, February Tomas G. Keohan, Historical Architect. Heritage Partnership Program, National Park Ser- vice, lntermountain Regional Office, Denver, Colorado. Mr. Keohan provided guidance and review of CAD drawings of the site and Building October until April Vince Moreau, Facility and Space Utilization Specialist, Real Property Division, Directorate of Public Works, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Moreau secured access to the buildings for documentation purposes.

December through January Mary Padilla, HASS/HAER Coordinator. National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ms. Padilla assisted with initial procedure and provided original material from a submission for Building March William T. Phillips, Museum Director, Fort Huachuca Historical Museum, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Phillips provided archival property record cards, maps, early photographs, disks with scanned images, historic information, and research guidance plus arranged the venue for the photographer. November to January Charles Slaymaker, Historic Properties Manager. Environmental and Natural Re- sources Division, Directorate of Public Works, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Dr. Slaymaker was the historic property manager for this HABS project.

He provided administrative support and documentary material on the buildings. He provided on-going research guidance and par- ticipated in valuable interviews. December to February Joshua Swanson, ITAM GIS Analyst. Range Management, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Mr. Swanson provided base contour and aerial plans, appropriately scaled and adjusted, to be used for the project site plan. In addition, he provided individual building UTMs. January Lysa Wegman-French, Historian. Heritage Partnership Program, National Park Service, ln- termountain Regional Office, Denver, Colorado. Ms. Wegman-French outlined the project scope. In addition, she provided on-going guidance of HASS procedures and review of submittals. March to April FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 20) D.

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Books and Reports: Chatley, Paul W. "Fort Huachuca, Building (Cavalry Stable), HABS No. AZ-XX-XX." Draft HABS outline form. Seattle: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. Technical Center of Expertise for Preservation of Historic Buildings and Structures, (This report has general information that also applies to Building Construction Division of the Army. Manual of the Construction Division of the Army. Wash- ington, Consolidated Supply Co., Parkhurst, Janet H., and J. Homer Thiel. "Historical Narrative," in A Historic American Build- ings Survey of the Fort Huachuca Cavalry Stables (HABS No. AZ-210-A through G), Cochise County, Arizona, by Janet H. Parkhurst, J. Homer Thiel, Ralph Corney, and Susan D. Hall. Project Report No. Tucson: Desert Archaeology, Inc., U.S.

Army Forms: U.S. Army. Real Property Record, DA Form Authorized for use on 1 November On file at the Fort Huachuca Real Property Division Office. Entries for Building go from to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S.A.C.E.), Los Angeles District. DD Form 290 - Transfer of New Construction/Real Property - RE-C-292-51. An inventory of properties for re- activation of the fort. On file at the Fort Huachuca Real Property Division Office and at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum, 25 April U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps (U.S.A.Q.M.C.), Form No. 173a, Property record card, authorized for use on 15 November Card is for Building No. On file at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum Annex, U.S. Army War Department, Form No. 117 (Old No. 173A), Property record card, revised 28 June Card is for Building No.

On file at the National Archives II, College Park, Maryland, Record Group 77, Ch. of Engineers, Entry Historical Record of Buildings, Box 95, Folder 4. Drawings: Post Engineer Office, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. General Site Plan Building Use Map. On file at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum, 9 June Post Engineer Office, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. "Modify Building for Ordnance In- spection Station," 1O June U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. D.O. Series Demobilization Study Layout Plan. On file at the Fort Huachuca Real Property Division Office, 1 November revised FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HABS No. AZ-210-G (Page 21) E. Likely Sources Not Yet Investigated: The occupancy history of Building has not been completely documented.

It would be useful to know whose horses were stabled in the building after the Cavalry departed, as well as who used the building when it was a storehouse rather than a stable. An Army personnel record search for individuals who might have worked in the stables could prove useful. FORT HUACHUCA,

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~ ... I .i.!. .~ fU:.VATlON $Lt:Du1<.1~ "" i .. t 0 0 ... Ir . .. .. ti Q; ' -~ l z 0 (j ii .l ft 11 Ji 11 ii " ii:!, ~ i!.!i l!NO Ut:\fAfTlOK DeTJ\11. ~ECrlON 'rHRU.&.e. S:fC'llOfiiS: &IU lMI> Ml.Nifl &LIOIHG .mica s, l'IHITl14C \liffAtt-1 TY PlCAL BUILDINGS CLOSED STABLE.. FIGURE "TYPICAL BUILDINGS, CLOSED STABLE." A STANDARDIZED PLAN VERY SIMILAR TO FORT HUACHUCA'S CAVALRY STABLES (CONSTRUCTION DIVI- SION OF THE ARMY 1919:SECTION C PLATE FORT HUACHUCA, CAVALRY STABLE HASS No. AZ-210-G (Page 26) PART IV. PROJECT INFORMATION A number of individuals contributed to this project, working from December to March Architectural building documentation and historical research were completed by Tuc- son historic architects Janet H.

Parkhurst, M.A., and Ralph Corney, M.A., AIA, of Ralph Corney Architects and Janet H. Strittmatter, Inc., Associated Architects. Historical research was also conducted by historical archaeologist J. Homer Thiel, M.A., of Desert Archaeology, Inc., at the National Archives and the Library of Congress in Washington, the Arizona Historical Society and the University of Arizona Special Collections in Tucson, Arizona; and at the Fort Huachuca Historical Museum, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Peter L. Trexler, photographer, and Moira MacMahon, photography assistant, photographed the buildings and archival photographs at Fort Huachuca and prepared large-format photo- graphs for inclusion in the report. Susan D.

Hall, an archaeologist and former architect em- ployed by Desert Archaeology, Inc., drafted the architectural drawings.