Commanding Officer's Quarters

ID: 818
This file appears in: Officers' Row

The Commanding Officer's house in winter during the army post era. Snow has been cleared from the boardwalk. Aside from the foundation, some of the few remnants of this era are the Douglas-fir and black locust trees.

Source: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, National Park Service

This file appears in: Officers' Row

By Ryanna Thurman and Josh Van Veldhuizen
You are now standing in front of the foundation of what once was an officer's house. The officers and enlisted men of Fort Spokane were divided by a wide social gulf, as evident with the difference in their pay and living quarters.  A…