National Register Record for FORT SILL HISTORIC DISTRICT

Historic Name: FORT SILL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Current Name: None
Address: None
City: FORT SILL            County: COMANCHE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK. THE OLD POST DISTRICT AT FORT SILL CONSISTS OF THE ORIGINAL FORTIFICATIONS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1870S AND 1880S BY THE US ARMY. THE FORT WAS FOUNDED IN 1869 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KIOWA-COMANCHE AGENCY. THE BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED BY TROOPERS OF THE 10TH CAVALRY - THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS. THE OLD POST AT FORT SILL WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PACIFICATION PROGRAM OF THE US GOVERNMENT DIRECTED AT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INDIANS. DESIGNATED AN NHL AND LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/15/66.

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: MILITARY FACILITY
Current Function: MILITARY FACILITY
Area of Significance 1: MILITARY
Area of Significance 2: EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
Architectural Style: None
Architect: US ARMY
Year Built: None            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: GILLETT GRISWOLD "FORT SILL OKLAHOMA: A CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS"; VIRGINIA AND LEE MCALESTER " A FIELD GUIDE TO AMERICAN HOUSES"; COLONEL W.S. NYE " CARBINE AND LANCE: THE STORY OF OLD FORT SILL"
Date Prepared: 1966