Staff Row and Old Post Area-Fort McPherson

Staff Row and the Old Post Area form the original core of Fort McPherson, a U.S. Army post in southwest Atlanta established in 1889. Red brick buildings with white wood trim are arranged in a quadrangle around Hedekin parade field, shaded by rows of oaks and other trees. Most have gabled roofs with hand-seamed metal roofing, common bond brickwork, arched windows and simple Doric columns. Officers' quarters along Staff Row show detailed chimney brickwork and dentilled classical trim. Quarters 10, the most impressive, is Queen Anne in style with turrets and small-paned windows. The buildings date from 1889 to 1910 and include barracks, mess halls, a post headquarters, a chapel and a hospital. The district was recognized as a good example of a late nineteenth century military post and as a surviving body of High Victorian architecture that has largely vanished elsewhere in Atlanta. The parade field hosted polo matches in the early 1900s, and the post later served as an induction center and Army headquarters.