Fort Stanton Historic District

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Fort Stanton Historic District is a historic 19th-century military post and later federal facility in New Mexico, recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its role in Western frontier, Civil War, and Native American history.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
former United States Army post
historic district
historic site
architecturalStyle military vernacular architecture
category Forts in New Mexico
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
country United States
foundedBy United States Army
governingBody State of New Mexico
hasHeritageDesignation National Historic Landmark of the United States
property listed on the National Register of Historic Places
hasPart administration buildings
enlisted men’s barracks
hospital buildings
officers’ quarters
parade ground
stables
storehouses
inception 1855
laterFunction World War II internment camp
federal facility
federal training and administrative center
merchant marine hospital
tuberculosis sanatorium
locatedIn Fort Stanton, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
New Mexico
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
nearestCity Capitan, New Mexico NERFINISHED
NRHPType historic district
openToPublic true
operator New Mexico Historic Sites
originalFunction frontier fort
military post
partOf Fort Stanton State Monument
Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area
significantEvent American Civil War
U.S. military campaigns against Native Americans in the Southwest
Western frontier military campaigns
significantPeriod 19th century
significantTheme Civil War history
Native American history
Western frontier history
usedFor care of tuberculosis patients
internment of German seamen during World War II
military operations against the Mescalero Apache
protection of settlers in the Lincoln County area

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
contains
Lincoln County, New Mexico ("Fort Stanton")
hasNotablePlace
Fort Stanton Historic District ("Fort Stanton, New Mexico")
locatedIn
Fort Stanton Historic District ("Fort Stanton State Monument")
partOf

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