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The documentation of Building 1815 located at the U.S. Army Field Artillery Center, Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma was conducted to mitigate the demolition of the building. Geo-Marine, Inc. conducted this work under Contract No. DACW-56-92-D-0010, Delivery Order No. 0018, between December 1993 and May 1994. Duane E. Peter, Director of the Cultural Resources Management Division of Geo-Marine, Inc., served as Principal Investigator. The architectural fieldwork was done by Joe C. Freeman, AlA. Architectural documentation included review of materials in the Fort Sill archives, an interview with Towana Spivey, Director of the Fort Sill Museum and Archives, field investigation and notes, and photography. The photography included 35 nim color slides, 35 mm black-and-white, and large format, 4-x-5 black-and-white. An historic context was prepared by Kellie A. Krapf, archeologist and historian. The historical research includes archival research and personal communications with Pamela Schenian of Fort Knox, Kentucky.
The author, who worked as a Hughes Aircraft Company project engineer on the Army's artillery-seeking AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Radar Project, offers a brief description of the project, memorable persons, and observations of the fort's historical past and interfaces with the Native Americans of the area.
This report presents a historic context and architectural assessment for Post Field at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and an assessment of the significance of the facility within the development of military aviation. The assessment of the permanent buildings at Post Field indicates the group of permanent buildings built between 1932 and 1935 are significant as contributing elements to the proposed Post Field historic district and are eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Established in 1869, Fort Sill initially hosted cavalry regiments, including buffalo soldiers, charged with pacifying native tribes in portions of Texas, Kansas, and Colorado. Replete with old West sagas, heroes, and villains, accounts from the post fascinate enthusiasts even today. Its namesake was chosen by Maj. Gen. "Little Phil" Sheridan to memorialize Brig. Gen. Joshua Sill, who gave his life in the Civil War. Similarly, the lasting impressions of great Americans are commemorated within the fort at Henry Post Army Airfield, "Flipper's Ditch," "Ambrosia Springs," "Sherman House," and of course, "Geronimo's Guardhouse." Even the city of Lawton was named after the "Prince of Quartermasters," Gen. Henry W. Lawton. Fort Sill's reputation as the premier artillery training and development center for the US Armed Forces has endured, preparing servicemen for every significant American conflict since its inception.