3. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
With mansard roof and lime-concrete walls, there stands next to the sutler’s store the last officers’ quarters erected at Fort Laramie in 1884. After the abandonment of the fort, it became the home of the last post trader, John Hunton.
The sutler’s store and officers’ row, 1954.
4. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
Next in “Officers’ Row” stands a lime-concrete walled duplex. Erected during the building boom at Fort Laramie in 1875-76, it is typical of the officers’ quarters of that day.
[5. SITE OF BARRACKS.]
Turning your back to “Officers’ Row,” you see the stone foundations of a long, three-company barracks erected in 1868 which faced one end of the historic parade ground, and had behind it messhalls and kitchens for each company.
“Old Bedlam” in 1889. Courtesy E. A. Brininstool.