FORT LARNED Commanding Officer's Quarters (HS-8) Historic Structure Report Historic Furnishing Study

Paint

1. White lead - used at Fort Larned in 1867, 1873, and 1875 for painting exterior wood on all buildings; used at Fort Dodge in 1870, 1874, 1876, and 1879; used at Fort Hays in 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1878.

2. Zinc white - used at Fort Larned in 1875.

3. Paris white - used in the Fort Hays officers' quarters in 1872.

4. Paris green - used at Fort Larned in 1873 to paint shutters.

5. Chrome green - used at Fort Hays in two lieutenants' quarters in 1870.

6. Emerald green - used in the Fort Hays officers' quarters in 1873 and 1874.

7. Marseilles green (ground in oil) - used in the Fort Dodge officers' quarters in 1879.

8. Ultramarine (deep blue) - used at Fort Larned in 1875.

9. Yellow ochre - used at Fort Larned in 1875.

10. Chrome yellow (ground in oil) - used at Fort Larned in 1867 and 1875.

11. Raw sienna (yellowish-brown pigment) - used at Fort Hays in 1872.

12. Vermilion - used at Fort Larned n 1875.

13. Venetian red - used in the Fort Hays officers' quarters in 1873 and 1874.

14. Drop black (ground) - used in the Fort Hays officers' quarters in 1873 and 1878 for repainting doors.

15. Burnt umber (ground in oil) - used at Fort Larned for staining in 1873 and Fort Dodge officers' quarters in 1878.

16. Raw umber - used in the Fort Hays officers' quarters in 1873 and 1874.

Varnish

1. Dewar varnish - used at Fort Larned in 1875.

2. Japan varnish - used at Fort Hays in 1870 and 1878; at Fort Dodge in 1874, 1876, and 1879.

3. Copal varnish - used in the Fort Larned officers' quarters in 1873; at Fort Dodge in 1879.

4. White varnish - used at Fort Hays in 1872, 1873, and 1874 on interior work of the officers' quarters.

Turpentine and linseed oil were used to thin the paint at all three posts.