Date: 1885
The view from it is very fine, not shut off on one side as that is from Joe Pullen's tree, and is quite worth the trouble of mounting the many steps to enjoy.  The arrangements are all that could be desired, the city waterworks giving a constant supply of water, which a small engine pumps up to two towers at the corners of the quadrangle, surmounted with tanks of five thousand gallons capacity.  The buildings to the right of the entrance gate are the officers' quarters, arranged for ten occupants, and besides these there are quarters for thirty-one soldiers' families, provided with an infant school.