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Squier Hall (Building 283)Squier Hall also comprises part of theHistoric District and was completed in March1935. Located on Sherrill Drive behind theMcAfee Center, the building now houses theProgram Executive Office for EnterpriseInformation Systems (PEO EIS) and theDefense Information Systems Agency(DISA). The building previously housed theSquier Hall (Building 283)headquarters of the Signal CorpsEngineering Laboratory (from 1945-1955) and the AcademicBuilding, Officers’ Department, the Signal School. lixNew York architects Rodgers and Poor designed Squier Hall. NationalHistoric Reports show that the L-shaped building “consists of twofunctional parts: an administration and laboratory section and a rearshop section. The administration section of the building is two storiesand has a steel structural frame faced in brick veneer. The front facadeis characterized by the entrance portico that is composed of two-storyconcrete piers faced in brick. The windows are bands of hopperwindows. The shop section is located in the rear of the building and isconstructed with a steel frame, brick veneer, and industrial sawtoothroof. The laboratory was enlarged in 1947 and, again, in 1958.” lxInitially known simply as the “Fort Monmouth SignalLaboratory,” War Department General OrdersNumber 49 designated Building 283 as the “SquierSignal Laboratory” on June 28, 1945. FortMonmouth General Orders Number 79, dated July19, 1955, later redesignated the building “SquierHall.” Both designations honor Major GeneralGeorge Owen Squier, Chief Signal Officer, 1917-MG George Owen Squier1923. MG Squier is credited with inventing the“wired wireless” basis for the modern carrier system. lxiRussel Hall (Building 286)Russel Hall was built in the 1930s as a Headquarters building for the post.Philadelphia architect Harry Sternfield designed the building, whichwas completed in 1936 in collaboration with the Office of theConstructing Quartermaster. National Historic Reports show that “It isan Art Deco building composed of a four-story central pavilion andthree-and-a-half story flanking wings. The central portion is faced15/16 .