Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston is a military post on the northeastern edge of San Antonio, Texas. It began in 1876 on 40 acres with the Quadrangle, a limestone supply depot completed in 1879, and later grew to roughly 35,000 acres. The historic district centers on the Quadrangle and four groups of buildings added in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the Staff Post, Infantry Post, Artillery Post and Cavalry Post. Limestone and brick officers' quarters, barracks, a 1909 chapel and a clock-faced watchtower survive in good condition, and many are still used. The post served as headquarters for the Department of Texas and later Army commands. It supplied the Rough Riders in 1898 and the 1916 campaign against Pancho Villa, trained troops in World War I, and was the site of Lt. Benny Foulois's early aerial experiments. Eisenhower lived in one set of quarters in 1941.