Fort Sam Houston Historic Context and Building Inventory, Volume I

Author(s): Marsha Prior; Troy M. Ainsworth; Martha Doty Freeman

Year: 2006

Summary

This report is a compilation of several historical research investigations conducted for Fort Sam Houston and its training site, Camp Bullis, in San Antonio, Texas. When the U.S. Army first stationed troops in Texas in late 1845, the Post at San Antonio was established, and for three decades the Army leased buildings. After the Civil War, the city of San Antonio offered land to the U.S. Army for a permanent post, and by 1876, when the first buildings were erected, the long and varied history of Fort Sam Houston began. The post was completed in 1879 and designated Fort Sam Houston in 1890. Since that time, Fort Sam Houston has played a major role in U.S. military activities, first, as an infantry training post and then as an Army medical training center.

Cite this Record

Fort Sam Houston Historic Context and Building Inventory, Volume I. Marsha Prior, Troy M. Ainsworth, Martha Doty Freeman. 2006 ( tDAR id: 402180) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8402180

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Governmental Structure • Military Structure • Non-Domestic Structures

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Historic Background Research • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan

Geographic Keywords
Bexar (County) • Camp Bullis • JBSA-Sam Houston • San Antonio • Texas (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era

Spatial Coverage

min long: -98.674; min lat: 29.424 ; max long: -98.385; max lat: 29.741 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio

Contributor(s): Duane E. Peter; Julian W. Adams

Repository(s): Fort Sam Houston

Prepared By(s): Geo-Marine, Inc.

Submitted To(s): US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Fort Sam Houston

Record Identifiers

GMI Project Number(s): 10509.00.14

Delivery Order Number(s): 0014

Task Order(s): 0014

Contract Number(s): W9126G-05-D-0009

OMB Number(s): 0704-0188

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Contact(s): Cultural Resource Office, Joint Base San Antonio