Apache Campaigns - Fort Huachuca - U.S. Army

A MAGAZINE OF THE FORT HUACHUCA MUSEUM
“Officers Quarters.” Reservoir on Hill.
Post hospital built in 1885 out of adobe for $20,136, old bldg. no. 20 (41408). This picture
was taken somewhere between 1898 and 1900. Bldg. 41408 (Leonard Wood Hall). The post’s
original eight-bed hospital on Grierson Avenue (Carleton House) quickly became inadequate for
the needs of a growing post and in 1884 a plan was submitted for a twenty-four bed modified
regulation post hospital. Consequently, $11,894 was appropriated for a new hospital building
in July 1884. The structure was finished in 1885. According to an 1889 report, it contained a
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