page_title: Ferris Barracks
section_title: Naming
hierarchical_section_title: Ferris Barracks / Naming
caption_attribution_description: English: Excerpt of General Order 41, dated 11 May, 1949, renaming Panzer Kaserne in Erlangen, Germany, to Ferris Barracks.
context_page_description: Ferris Barracks is a former US military garrison located in Erlangen, a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It was active as a US military base between 1945 and 1994. The facility was occupied after World War II and designated Ferris Barracks in honor of Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Cheney Ferris. Ferris Barracks was closed on 28 June, 1994, and officially turned over to the German government. Though largely dismantled, certain historic buildings and monuments have been preserved and converted for alternative use. The area has undergone extensive construction and is now referred to as Röthelheimpark.
context_section_description: The facility was officially designated Ferris Barracks in honor of Second Lieutenant (2LT) Geoffery C. Ferris on 11 May, 1949, by General Lucius D. Clay, then head of the European Command.  The facility may have been known informally as Ferris Barracks before that date; purportedly named by General George S. Patton upon his arrival in Erlangen on 22 April, 1945.
caption: Excerpt of General Order 41.
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