Known as Stone Row, the Officers’ Quarters at Fort Trumbull in New London were built around 1830 and housed military officers for over a century and a half. Until 1910, army officers occupied quarters in the building, followed by officers of the Revenue Cutter Service, the Coast Guard and finally the Navy, who converted it to offices in 1995. The building once had small wood dormer windows, but the Coast Guard replaced these with full-length shed dormers along both sides of the building. In 2000, the structure was adapted to serve as the Visitors’ Center for Fort Trumbull State Park.
Officers’ Quarters at Fort Trumbull (1830)
Wonderful picture. I lived in that building from 1990-1993. It was a great place to live.
I also lived there, 1972-1974, as a child. Yes, truly a great place to live. The base dug up the south yard (now the Visitor Center parking lot) in 73 for plumbing. Turned up old junk from generations of soldiers camping and drilling, including old clay pipes.
I remember the old steam heater clanking as they heated up, and the big fireplaces. And the great deli, one block to the west off base. Quite a place. Hope to take my children to see it.