Stop 7 -- Carleton House, Quarters 9
(Building 22108)
This is the oldest surviving building on Fort Huachuca. The central part was constructed in 1880 at a cost of $1,288.67, with adobe walls 21 and one-half inches thick. Built as an eight-bed hospital, it quickly proved inadequate for the camp’s medical needs, and was replaced by 1885. General William T. Sherman, Commanding General of the Army, was an overnight guest in the building during his visit in April 1882. Over the years the building has had additions at the back and front, and was remodeled to serve as an officer’s quarters, officers’ mess, schoolhouse, post headquarters, café, chapel, and chaplain’s quarters. From 1947 to 1951 it was a vacation home for the governor of Arizona, and since then has been a residence.