Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 7, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Significance: Building No. 7, situated along the west side of the parade ground northwest of Allen Circle, is the only structure remaining of the several officers' quarters that once existed there. Completed on July 31, 1907, the three-story house quartered one field grade army officer and his family and cost $13,863.76 to erect. Based on standard plan 145-D in the officer of the Quartermaster General, the structure actually comprised a mirror image of that plan and architecturally contained elements of the Classical Revival and Renaissance Revival styles. Its walls are of red brick joined by red-pigmented mortar in running bond, its rusticated foundation of stone and concrete, and its roof of slate. Dimensions of the main building measure 42 feet by 33 feet, and a wing ran 27 feet by 22 feet. The quarters stand nearly 40 feet high.
Survey number: HABS IA-121-A
Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000805