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Item Title
Camp Reynolds, Officers' Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA
LocationAngel Island State Park,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1841-B
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N899).
Building/structure dates:
1863 initial construction
Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receiving and distributing new recruits in the West. From the 1860s through the 1880s a village of wood frame buildings including a chapel, officers' quarters, barracks, and various support structures was constructed and expanded. Now part of Angel Island State Park, Camp Reynolds features a remarkable collection of surviving late nineteenth-century army structures.Dating to the Civil War era, this double officers' quarters is one of the oldest extant structures on Angel Island. Although always occupied as an army structure, this building reflects domestic architecture of the second half of the nineteenth century in its form, numerous porches, and plain but fashionable detailing. This structure housed two officers of equal rank while giving the appearance of a single family dwelling. Numerous changes indicate continual adaptation for use by army personnel. Construction of more modern officers' quarters at the East Garrison in the mid-1910s and years of hard use reduced the status of this structure to quarters for non-commissioned officers in 1931.
Subjects
Officers' QuartersDomestic LifeMilitary Headquarters
Related Names
Davidson, Paul A., Delineator
Rosenthal, James W., Photographer
Davidson, Lisa P., Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
Elevation view of northwest facade with scale
Elevation of cast iron surround in north unit with scale
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