Fort Sill Military Reservation Historic Context: World War II-era ConcurrentCamp/Officer Training School, 1939-1945

摘要

This report presents the historic context for the proposed World War II historicdistrict, Fort Sill Military Reservation, Oklahoma, 1939-1945. This historic context was prepared to facilitate an assessment of the historical significance of the remaining World War II buildings and structures at Fort Sill. Geo-Marine, Inc. (GMI), conducted the research and wrote the report under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. Several other tasks were included under the same work order: historic contexts for the provisionally identified New Post/Academic area and Post Field historic districts; preservation planning documents for the three provisionally identified historic districts; and Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Resource Identification forms for selected buildings in the three provisionally identified historic districts. Over 1,100 buildings and structures were completed at Fort Sill between 1939 and 1945, 452 of which remain standing today. A large proportion of the buildings and structures constructed at Fort Sill during the World War II era were of a temporary mobilization construction, although some were permanent. The proposed World War II historic district consists of the Concurrent Camp/Officer Candidate School (OCS) and exhibits a high concentration of these permanent properties. Of the existing 82 buildings and structures in the proposed World War II historic district, 66 buildings and one structure are considered contributing elements because of their association with the Fort Sill Field Artillery OCS during World War II and because these buildings and structure retain their structural and historical integrity.