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Photographer: Unknown
Caption: Fort Sheridan - Water Tower-Barracks complex looking southeast across the parade grounds
Additional Description: Significance: The Infantry Barracks together with the Water Tower (Building No. 49) to which it is connected and a similar building (Building No. 50) which is joined to the opposite side of the Tower form an impressive complex over 1000 feet long. These buildings, among the first to be constructed on the post, dominate the southern side of the parade grounds and serve as the post's best known landmark. Building No. 48 was designed by Holabird and Roche as Infantry Barracks and Headquarters. It was later used as Artillery Barracks and had a machine gun room in the basement. In 1967 the building became the headquarters of the Fifth Army.... - Historic American Building Survey
Submitted: May 21, 2012.
Database Locator Identification Number: p204603
File Size: 2.488 Megabytes

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