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In 1905, the Army used inmate labor to add three concrete stories on top of the original dock-level brick barracks built in the 1860s. The finished structure, known as Building 64, served as quarters for soldiers assigned to prison guard duty. In preparation for civilian inmates, the Bureau of Prisons remodeled the barracks building into apartments for correctional officers and their families. The apartment house included a small market and a tiny post office. During the federal penitentiary era, this end of the island was fenced off for security of the families.
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