This #FortRileyFriday we're back on the old Cavalry Post, centered around Cavalry Parade Field.
In September, 1885, Captain George E. Pond arrived at #FortRiley and assumed the duty of Post Quartermaster. He was to oversee the construction of new buildings and the repairs to existing ones.
When Pond arrived at Fort Riley, a set of standard plans for officers housing was already widely in use. Pond generally used the basic Army duplex form. However, he made some additions. For a group of double officer's quarters represented by Quarters 7 and 8 on Forsyth Avenue, built in 1887,
Pond incorporated a full two-story, two-bay projecting front gable that divided the porch into two separate sections. He also added a polygonal bay to each side.
This plan later became the Quartermaster standard plan in 1887. Under Pond's direction, the widespread Army house form evolved into a more complex form.
Pictured, top: Quarters 7, Forsyth Avenue. Bottom: Quarters 8, Forsyth
Avenue.
| Date Taken: | 10.05.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 10.26.2023 10:50 |
| Photo ID: | 8090393 |
| VIRIN: | 181005-A-YH536-1001 |
| Resolution: | 1080x1080 |
| Size: | 146.7 KB |
| Location: | FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US |
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