Officers' Quarters 3
Officers' Quarters 3 was finished by March 1, 1870, and may be the first quarters built. It is larger than the other quarters and is a better built building then the others. It was used as quarters for the Commanding Officer until Officers' Quarters 1 was finished in 1872. After that time, Quarters 3 served as housing for company officers such as captains and lieutenants.
Colonel William R. Shafter, 24th Infantry, probably lived there when he was post commander. Amoung the other probable residents were Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie, 4th Cavalry, in February of 1871, Captain Charles Morton in 1887, and Post Surgeon Charles Gandy, who would have been probably the last military occupant. In the 1880's, a cyclone is said to have taken the roof off No. 3, and flooded the house.
During the "civilian period", from 1889 until 1968 when it was acquired by the Fort Museum, it was occupied as a dwelling, divided into three apartments. It is currently furnished to represent a typical officers' quarters during the fort period.