• on September 11, 1890.[8]: 29. The Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle, built by George Henry Griebel, is the oldest structure at Fort Sam Houston.
  • Interred at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery are 140 Axis prisoners of war (POWs) from World War II who died in captivity.
  • The Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle, built by George Henry Griebel, is the oldest structure on the base and was originally a supply depot.
  • The buildings inside Fort Sam Houston, around 800 of them, make up most of the very first and historic collection of buildings of the Department of Defense.
  • Fort Sam Houston was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1975. As one of the Army’s oldest installations and now part of Joint Base San Antonio.
  • In 1876, the Army began to move its facilities to the present site of Fort Sam Houston upon completion of the Quadrangle.
  • Fort Sam Houston was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
  • The oldest of these was Fort Sam Houston, originally established in Alamo City as a Quartermaster Depot in 1845.
  • Fort Sam Houston has also initiated public–private partnerships to renovate and adaptively reuse significant historic buildings.
  • Fort Sam Houston Charles Kelly Heliport. Fort Sam Houston [called "Fort Sam" by locals] is located on the northeast side of San Antonio, Texas.