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Photo, Print, Drawing Jefferson Barracks, Buildings 45, 46, 47, Hunter Road, Lemay, St. Louis County, MO

[ Data Pages from Survey HABS MO-1809-E  ]

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[ Photo Captions from Survey HABS MO-1809-E  ]

About this Item

Title

  • Jefferson Barracks, Buildings 45, 46, 47, Hunter Road, Lemay, St. Louis County, MO

Names

  • Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. Air National Guard
  • U.S. Army, Quartermaster General Office
  • Esser & Robinson
  • Gillick Brothers
  • U.S. War Assets Administration
  • U.S. General Services Administration
  • U.S. Army
  • McPartland, Mary, transmitter
  • Stranieri, Marcella, transmitter
  • Berg, David C., photographer
  • O'Brien, Sage B., photographer
  • Jackson, Rachel A., photographer
  • Berg, Stefanie R., photographer
  • Berg, David C., historian
  • Missouri Air National Guard, 131st Bomb Wing, sponsor
  • Applied Archaeology and History Associates, Inc., contractor

Created / Published

  • Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

  • -  Colonial Revival architectural elements
  • -  war (Spanish-American war)
  • -  military organizations
  • -  war (World War I)
  • -  war (World War II)
  • -  brick buildings
  • -  stables
  • -  barracks
  • -  hip roofs
  • -  porches
  • -  segmental arches
  • -  housing
  • -  Missouri--St. Louis County--Lemay

Latitude / Longitude

  • 38.50226,-90.28084

Notes

  • -  Significance: Jefferson Barracks was the first permanent United States military post west of the Mississippi. Buildings 45, 46 and 47 of the Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Station were constructed as U.S. Army stables in the late nineteenth century during the period of military consolidation following the closing of the American frontier. They were converted to soldier's barracks in the early twentieth century as the U.S. Army progressed from horses to automobiles and the post became a major recruiting center. Jefferson Barracks became the nation's largest rendezvous center for troops during the Spanish-American War and the largest U.S. induction and demobilization center during World War I. Jefferson Barracks, buildings 45, 46 and 47 housed recruits during the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II. The Jefferson Barracks also served as a Conservation Civilian Corps encampment and World War II Army Air Corps training school. The buildings are significant for their role in the U.S. military history as well as for their architecture, exhibiting a distilled version of the Colonial Revival Style prevalent in military buildings of the period. The early conversion to barracks illustrates the changing needs of the nation's military just prior to World War I. The buildings are contributing resources to the Jefferson Barracks Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and amended in 2010.
  • -  Survey number: HABS MO-1809-E
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1895-1896 Initial Construction
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work
  • -  Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work
  • -  National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001492

Medium

  • Photo(s): 23
  • Data Page(s): 21
  • Photo Caption Page(s): 4

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HABS MO-1809-E

Source Collection

  • Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Control Number

  • mo2070

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Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air National Guard, Quartermaster General Office U.S. Army, Esser & Robinson, Gillick Brothers, U.S. War Assets Administration, et al., Berg, David C, Sage B O'Brien, Rachel A Jackson, and Stefanie R Berg, photographer. Jefferson Barracks, Buildings 45, 46, 47, Hunter Road, Lemay, St. Louis County, MO. St. Louis County Lemay Missouri, 1933. translateds by Mcpartland, Marymitter, and Stranieri, Marcellamitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/mo2070/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Army, Q. G. O., Esser & Robinson, Gillick Brothers [...] Applied Archaeology And History Associates, I., Berg, D. C., O'Brien, S. B., Jackson, R. A. & Berg, S. R., photographer. (1933) Jefferson Barracks, Buildings 45, 46, 47, Hunter Road, Lemay, St. Louis County, MO. St. Louis County Lemay Missouri, 1933. McPartland, M. & Stranieri, M., transs Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mo2070/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al., photographers by Berg, David C, et al. Jefferson Barracks, Buildings 45, 46, 47, Hunter Road, Lemay, St. Louis County, MO. trans by Mcpartland, Marymitter, and Stranieri, Marcellamitter Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mo2070/>.