Apache Campaigns - Fort Huachuca - U.S. Army

Guard House. Bldg. 22328 (Sam Kee Hall). Built as a guard house in 1885 with a capacity
of thirty-eight men, the adobe structure originally cost $8,900. During World War II, the
Provost Marshall used this building for his office until the post was closed in 1947. Following
the 1954 reactivation of the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground, it became the site of the
post office. It is named for a legendary figure at Fort Huachuca. Sam Kee was an enterprising
restauranteur who first opened a post concession in 1881. It was relocated in 1905 to Brayton
Hall and, finally in 1920, to Mar Kim Hall. Sam Kee left his business in the hands of family
members when he returned to China in 1919. His restaurant was a favorite gathering place.
On at least one occasion it is reported that he advanced soldiers’ pay for the fort when the
monthly payroll was delayed.
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