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Presidio of San FranciscoPresident Theodore Roosevelt and the 9th Cavalry, 1903
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Presidio of San Francisco
The Cavalry Barracks
The Cavalry Barracks were used by Buffalo Soldier units passing back and forth from the Philippines in the early 1900's.
 

This barracks was built in 1902 to house enlisted men in the Coast Artillery Corps before Fort Winfield Scott was constructed in the 1910s. After those soldiers moved to Fort Scott, cavalry troops lived here because it was adjacent to the new stables built in 1914. It is very unlikely that the 9th Cavalry soldiers lived here during their stay in 1903-04, but Buffalo Soldier units passing through the Presidio during later rotations in and out of the Philippines may have lived here for short periods.

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Did You Know?
In the aftermath of a tragic fire that killed four family members of General John Pershing, the army built a fire station at the Presidio. The new Presidio Fire Station was the first on any U.S. Army post to house a permanent fire company with trained firefighters.

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