Another view of the remains of the officers' quarters along the northwest wall. Oh dear, there's an information sign that I didn't get a picture of. Crap. Failure! Well, I can tell you that both the officers' and soldiers' quarters were three stories tall, designed to house as many as 1500 men in wartime, and quite plushy by American fortification standards: Most of the United States' other seacoast fortifications were designed to house its officers and men in casemates, which may sound pretty great, but contemporary accounts assure us that it was not even remotely pleasurable.