This Fort Riley Friday we continue our look at the historic homes on Forsyth Avenue on Main Post. The street is named for COL James A. Forsyth (1836-1906) who was the first commandant of the Cavalry and Light Artillery School. Quarters 9 Forsyth Ave. was built in 1890 as Double Officers Quarters. It has limestone walls and foundation, wood floors and a tin roof. The home had a slate roof installed by 1930. In a previous Fort Riley Friday, we told you how CPT George Pond, Fort Riley's Constructing Quartermaster, was credited with evolving the standard Army duplex into a more complex form. (S
This Fort Riley Friday we continue our look at the historic homes on Forsyth Avenue on Main Post. The street is named for COL James A. Forsyth (1836-1906) who was the first commandant of the Cavalry and Light Artillery School. Quarters 9 Forsyth Ave. was built in 1890 as Double Officers Quarters. It has limestone walls and foundation, wood floors and a tin roof. The home had a slate roof installed by 1930. In a previous Fort Riley Friday, we told you how CPT George Pond, Fort Riley's Constructing Quartermaster, was credited with evolving the standard Army duplex into a more complex form. (See Quarters 7 & 8 Forsyth Ave. built in 1887.) Pond went on to develop the duplex form even further beginning in 1889. His new design featured a four-bay projecting gable on the front of the house, as seen with Quarters 9. This updated duplex plan was later issued as Quartermaster Standard Plan No. 28 in 1891, and was the prototype for several other standardized construction plans that were widely used in the 1890’s and the first decade of the 1900’s. Pictured: Quarters 9 Forsyth Ave. in 1890, top, and as it appears today, bottom.
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