Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School

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Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Bachelor Officers Quarters
Location:	Army Post Road, Des Moines, Iowa
Built/Founded:	1917
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Designated as NHL:	May 30, 1974^[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 30, 1974^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	74000805
Governing body:	Mixed

Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School is where black Americans were trained to be officers for the U.S. Army during World War I.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.^[1]^[3]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Marcia M. Greenlee (December, 1973), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School / Fort Des Moines Military ReservationPDF (837 KiB), National Park Service . Accompanying 30 photos, exterior, from 1983, and 1 undated aerial photoPDF (1.14 MiB)

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