Eagle Pass in Maverick County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks
Photographed By William F Haenn, June 8, 2012
1. Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks Marker
Inscription.
Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks. . Built about 1868, soon after the U.S. Army's post-Civil War reoccupation of Fort Duncan, this building played a part in aviation history when the first military cross-country flight, from Fort McIntosh in Laredo, landed here in 1911. By 1932 the Army abandoned the post. Six years later the city of Eagle Pass purchased it and leased the barracks to the local council of Boy Scouts. In 1939 the building became the Fort Duncan Country Club and remained as such except during World War II when it was also an officers club for the Eagle Pass Army Air Force Advanced Flying School. ,
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986..
Built about 1868, soon after the U.S. Army's post-Civil War reoccupation of Fort Duncan, this building played a part in aviation history when the first military cross-country flight, from Fort McIntosh in Laredo, landed here in 1911. By 1932 the Army abandoned the post. Six years later the city of Eagle Pass purchased it and leased the barracks to the local council of Boy Scouts. In 1939 the building became the Fort Duncan Country Club and remained as such except during World War II when it was also an officers club for the Eagle Pass Army Air Force Advanced Flying School.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
Erected 1986 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1980.)
Location. 28° 42.136′ N, 100° 30.315′ W. Marker is in Eagle Pass, Texas, in Maverick County. Marker is on Bliss Street west of South Adams Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 483 Bliss Street, Eagle Pass TX 78852, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fort Duncan (about
More about this marker. The marker is mounted on the front of the burnt out remains of the building.
Photographed By William F Haenn, June 8, 2012
2. Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks and marker
Photographed By William F Haenn, June 8, 2012
3. Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks interior chimney
Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2012, by William F Haenn of Fort Clark (Brackettville), Texas. This page has been viewed 897 times since then and 83 times this year. Last updated on April 25, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:1. submitted on April 26, 2023, by William F Haenn of Fort Clark (Brackettville), Texas. 2, 3. submitted on June 8, 2012, by William F Haenn of Fort Clark (Brackettville), Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
