Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot,
Jeffersonville, Indiana

One of Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs' dreams that came to life was the complex that came into service in 1874, the Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot. Originally, this manufacturing and warehouse facility covered the four square blocks that is known as the Quadrangle. The original brick structures had a total capacity of 2.7 million cubic feet. The famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead designed the interior grounds of the Depot, and even now after many decades of military use, additions of warehousing, and decades of neglect, his vision of the space is still readily apparent. The Depot in it's heyday with all of the arched glass portals, uniform brick structures, busy workers, broad expanses of green grass; it must have been an amazing awe-inspiring place.

The Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot grew to more than ten city blocks by the end of WWII. The Fifties finally shut the doors on this venerable old depot, when the last of the Quartermaster activities were transferred elsewhere. Many of the newer buildings were converted to government office space, which is in current use directly east of the old depot structures.

The "old post" is now a run-down commercial warehousing area called (aptly enough) "The Quadrangle". The original brick structures are mostly intact, with the exception of a large section of the southeast corner, which was destroyed by fire in January 1993.

The current tenants of the original headquarters building at the center of the old quad, the Voice of God Recordings studio, give tours of the old building during certain days of the week, so if you're ever in the neighborhood…

This is a rough diagram of the basic layout of the old Jeffersonville QM Depot - the black lines represent the original brick structures, with the workshops/warehousing outlining the quadrangle, the main HQ building and guardhouse (!!) in the center.  The blue lines show the main north and south gates and the mall/roadways to the center building.  The teal sections show the locations of later warehouse buildings added (prob. WWI/1920s).  The grey/yellow section in the lower right represents that area destroyed by fire in 1993.

	Another view of headquarters building.		The old portico/overhang with the "U.S.Q.M. Depot" lettering still in place.
	View of old latrines taken from directly in front of HQ building.		View of west side of HQ building front and old latrines.
	View down mall from HQ building.  Modern entrance/exit is on immediate right of the original gatehouse.		View from center to east northeast.  You can see a view of the glass wall window design - most now boarded up.
	Another view of west side shops, looking north.		West side shops, looking south.

A Great Link for additional Jeffersonville QMD info from the U.S. Army Quartermaster website - check it out!

!!!  In a humorous correction - what I mistook for a "guardhouse" was actually the old latrines!  Makes sense when you think of the massive numbers of workers in a pre-built-in plumbing environment.  Apparently, all the old fittings had been removed in some past remodel, and it looks pretty much like an old storage building.  Hmm - I wonder what ghostly sounds emanate from there late at night? :-)