Officers' Club Open Mess
N 29° 18.441 W 100° 25.207
14R E 362084 N 3242874
This historical marker is located in front of the former Fort Clark officers' club.
Waymark Code: WMPK54
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2015
Views: 4
The plate and medallion style historical marker located in front of the old officers' club at 1 McClernand Road at Fort Clark. It is at the intersection of McClernand Road, Colony Row, and Swim Park Lane.
Marker Number: 16424
Marker Text:
This building served Fort Clark from 1939 to 1944 and was named “Dickman Hall” after career cavalry officer, Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman (1857 – 1927). The ground floor housed a lounge, dining room, Room, kitchen, guestroom, mate room and for rooms for visiting officers. The second floor held a spacious ballroom. The two-story building has a main hipped roof with gable roofed bays flanking a central arched portico entrance. A webwall stone veneer clads frame and clay tile construction, the building later became guest ranch headquarters and then a restaurant and lounge for the Fort Clark Springs Association.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2010
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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