Editing Fort Stotsenburg (section)

=== Old Houses along the parade ground ===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:OldHouses Stotsenburg.jpg|thumb|220px|Old Houses along the Parade Ground at Fort Stotsenburg, PI.]] -->Although some were built as early as 1903, all the houses along Wirt Davis Avenue, originally called Officers' Row, were completed by 1904.  The original cost per house was $1,309.90.  The distinctive construction allowed cooling breezes to pass under the raised floor and through the wide, screened verandas, while the steep, metal roofs dissipated trapped heat and allowed a rapid run-off of the heavy rains.  All flooring was made from [[Oregon]] pine, imported to the Philippines.  The huge trees shading the houses are acacia and were planted at the time of construction.

Similar houses were constructed as late as 1931 on the three parallel streets behind Davis Avenue.  On the opposite side of the Parade Ground were large open areas surrounding troop barracks, [[blacksmith]] shops, house corrals and stables.

Taken as a whole, these buildings serve as one of the best preserved examples of U.S. military tropical construction still extant, and the Thirteenth Air Force has decreed that these historic structures, especially the ones along Davis Avenue, must be preserved.  These "barns" were once highly sought after for officer/civilian housing because of their size, coolness, and history.