Enlisted Men's Barracks No. 1 - Fort Concho Historic District - San Angelo TX
N 31° 27.285 W 100° 25.858
14R E 364037 N 3480887
Enlisted Men's Barracks No. 1 has been listed as a contributing building to the Fort Concho National Register Historic District in San Angelo TX
Waymark Code: WMV1JK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2017
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Fort Concho was established in 1867, and protected the Texas frontier until it was deactivated in 1889. Over time, the fort was repurposed and integrated into the city of San Angelo, and filled up with unrelated and interfering buildings (including an elementary school on the parade ground). Finally in the 1960s, an concerted effort was made to preserve and protect the historic fort buildings, and eventually return the Fort to its 1870s appearance.
The Fort Concho was registered as a US National Historic Landmark in 1961. The Fort Concho National Register Historic District was created in 1985. The Enlisted Men's Barracks No. 1 building is listed as a contributing building to the Fort Concho National Register Historic District in San Angelo TX.
From the Fort Concho Historic District Nomination form: (
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CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS
III. Barracks Row
Barracks Row is located along the north side of the Parade Ground. Included within the row were six Enlisted Men's Barracks (E.M.B.s) and the Guard House. The E.M.B.s are numbered 1 through 6 from the west to the east with the guardhouse east of E.M.B. #6. The general plan of a typical E.M.B. consists of a 1-story, rectangular plan, linear dormitory unit with either one or two perpendicular (north) mess halls and kitchen wings. The E.M.B.s were constructed on stone foundations with cut limestone walls and a wood shingled hipped roof, a roof ventilator and internal stone chimneys. The buildings, both the dorm units and the mess hall wings, had symmetrical door and window arrangements. A 9-foot-wide, Territorial style, wood veranda is wrapped around all elevations of the dormitory units, but not around the perpendicular mess halls.
The City of San Angelo and Fort Concho Museum own all the land upon which the barracks and guard house are located. Development plans call for the restoration of E.M.B. #1 and #2, the reconstruction of E.M.B. #3 and #4 along with the guard house, and the continued maintenance of reconstructed E.M.B. #5 and #6. There were four variations from the basic plan.
E.M.B. #1:
Construction of E.M.B. #1 was completed in 1869. It consisted of 2 single-story dormitory units connected by a 13 by 27-foot sallyport (breezeways) with two perpendicular mess halls (north) behind the dormitory units.
During the 20th century E.M.B. #1 and E.M.B. #2 were incorporated into the Monarch Tile Company. The visible portions of E.M.B. #1, which still remain, include the extensively modified exterior walls and a masonry fireplace. This building is owned by the museum at the present time."