The new buildings now completed or far enough along to be used are the
bachelor officers’ quarters, across the road east and a little south of
old Fort Clinton; Cullum Memorial Hall, a gift accepted by Congress,
a little further south; the officers’ mess, still further south; the
Administration Building, across the road east of and facing the cadet
mess hall; the power plant, a little further east; the cadet hospital,
a little north of the old one that is now used for married officers’
quarters; the Academic, on the site of, but much larger than the old
one; the North Cadet Barracks, in Professors’ Bow, and a little north
of the old, now called the South Cadet Barracks, to which some years
ago two divisions were added to the east end of its west wing; a second
guard house, in rear, i. e., west of the North Cadet Barracks; a Catholic
church, built, with permission of Congress, by Catholics, on high
ground some distance west of the old north gate that was removed years
ago; many married officers’ quarters, some northwesterly of the old
north gate and some south of the old south gate, that was also removed
years ago—these quarters are built facing the river in two tiers; the
artillery and cavalry barracks and stables are upon two sides of a new
artillery and cavalry plain that adjoins the village of Highland Falls;
the Observatory, on the Hill, now called Observatory Hill, near old Fort
Putnam; lastly, the Cadet Chapel, a beautiful cathedral-like building on
Observatory Hill, crowns the group of handsome buildings. The reservoir
on the west slope of Observatory Hill has been enlarged and a filter
plant added to it.
The new gymnasium and riding hall are now well under way. The gymnasium
is west and a little north of the west wing of the north cadet barracks;
the roof of the old (and but a few years ago the new) gymnasium has been
taken to cover the swimming pool part of this large new building. The
riding hall nearly fills the space between the officers’ mess on the
north and the power plant on the south; in fact, the riding hall and
power plant will join, and on the south-east corner of this building
there will be a tower to correspond with that of the Administration
Building.
The following buildings will soon be razed to the ground, to-wit: the old
Cadet Chapel (to be rebuilt in the cadet cemetery); the old, and but a
few years ago the new Administration Building, from a little south of the
old chapel; the old power plant, from the area of the old cadet barracks;
the old, and but a few years ago the new, cadet sink or water closet
building, from the area of the old cadet barracks; the old gymnasium,
from a little west of the angle of the South Cadet Barracks; the old
riding hall, that is now nearly surrounded by the walls of the new one;
and the officers’ quarters in front of the new gymnasium, as the latter
stands well back of but fronts east on Professors’ Row.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account