Cavalry Barracks

This building is the only surviving enlisted men's barracks at Fort Laramie. The building proper was completed in late 1874 and was designed to provide quarters and other needed support facilities for two companies of soldiers. Although originally planned, the veranda was not added until 1883. As constructed, the entire second floor consisted of two equal, large rooms that served as company dormitory bays or squad rooms where enlisted soldiers lived. Each could house about sixty soldiers, or one company. On the first floor below each squad room were a kitchen, messroom, cook's room, storage room, wash room, library, armory, orderly room for the N.C.O.'s, and non-commissioned officers room.

Fort Laramie, Wyoming · United States