File:ARTILLERY PARADE GROUND, LOOKING NORTH, FROM OPPOSITE BUILDING -171, SHOWING TERRACING OF HOUSES ON HILL. - Fort Riley, Riley, Riley County, KS HABS KANS,81-FORIL,2-7.tif

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ARTILLERY PARADE GROUND, LOOKING NORTH, FROM OPPOSITE BUILDING -171, SHOWING TERRACING OF HOUSES ON HILL. - Fort Riley, Riley, Riley County, KS
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ARTILLERY PARADE GROUND, LOOKING NORTH, FROM OPPOSITE BUILDING -171, SHOWING TERRACING OF HOUSES ON HILL. - Fort Riley, Riley, Riley County, KS
Description
Ogden, Edmund A; Sheridan, Philip H; Schofield, J M; Pond, George E; Goding, William; Stair, W H; Glass, James A, project manager; Crawford, Catherine, transmitter; Whye, Mike, photographer; Crawford, Catherine, historian; Glass, James A, historian; Ridriquez, Joseph, historian
Depicted place Kansas; Riley County; Riley
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS KANS,81-FORIL,2-7
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Fort Riley was established in the 1850's to protect settlers and traders traveling along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. It was laid out in a traditional cavalry post plan with limestone officer's quarters and barracks situated around a rectangular parade ground. This configuration remained for thirty years when it was decided to use the post for separate schools for cavalry and artillery troops. The post underwent a dramatic change at this time when a new plan featuring two separate but adjoining posts, was superimposed over the 1850's plan. The new plan symbolized the fundamental change that occurred at Western posts after the Civil War - the transformation from small, temporary frontier posts to large, permanent posts. A plan such as that of Fort Riley provided comfortable accommodations and amenities for the soldiers and their families, similar to those enjoyed by civilians in comparable situations. This plan also represents an early instance of multi-disciplinary planning, coordinated by a single hand. Engineering, architecture and landscape design all influenced the finished layout and three dimensional character of the post. The 1880's plan continues to dominate the appearance of Fort Riley.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2
  • Survey number: HABS KS-54
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1852- ca. 1855 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1885- ca. 1891 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1926- ca. 1931 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ks0116.photos.070036p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location39° 17′ 56″ N, 96° 49′ 50.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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