TYPE C-5 VETERINARY CLINIC, WW2 STATION VETERINARY HOSPITAL, FORT ORD
Building T-3140, Clinic, Veterinary, Medical, Type C-5, Date of design May 5, 1937, Authorized to supplement the Surgical Clinic where the animals strength warranted its need. Includes an office, latrine, rooms for supplies and heater, dispensary, and dressing floor with 2 horse stocks and hitching rails.
Type C-5 Clinic is an army veterinary building uniquely built to service horses (refer to Table No. 46 on the main page). It came with a large open area in the rear of the building where two horse stocks and two hitching rails were installed to handle the care of a large amount of horses. In 1946 the stocks and hitching rails were cut off and removed, their remains can still be seen in the building today. In 1946 this building was used as the Station Veterinary Command Office for Fort Ord taking care of the food inspections and small animal clinic located in the C-6 building. Both buildings remained as such until the station moved to their new location at Parker Flat Road. General Elia tells me when the hospital was converted from a "horse" hospital to small animal clinic and food inspection faculties there were a large amount of horse related medical supplies that were buried next to the C-5 building.
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Type C-5 Clinic. Taken in 2009 before the stabilization of the building in 2013. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.
USACE, ERDC, A Smith
USACE, ERDC, A Smith
USACE, ERDC, A Smith
The Official Army Quartermaster completion report page of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic T-3140 building at Fort Ord, Ca. Completed January 30, 1941. (Source: National Archives)
Type C-5 Veterinary Clinic, Building T- 3140, Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital taken from 5th Avenue looking northeast. Taken in 2009 before the stabilization of the building in 2013. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.
Another shot of the above. Taken in 2009 before the stabilization of the building in 2013. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.
Taken from 5th Avenue looking southeast. Taken in 2009 before the stabilization of the building in 2013. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.
Taken from inside the Type C-5 Veterinary Clinic, Building T- 3140, looking east at the sliding door. Notice where the horse stocks once were installed on the floor. Lee Stickler taking a look around. Lee was originally in the 76th Field Artillery Regiment (Horse-drawn) and then in the 75th FA Bn (HD) when the 76th was split into 3 battalions. Right image: Lee Stickler out on Fort Ord Military Reservation, today knowned as the Fort Ord Monument c1941. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.
Image credit copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.Building T-3140, Veterinary Clinic, Type C-5, The above is a picture inside of the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital where the horse stocks were once installed.
Note: We now know according to the Floor Plan of the VETERINARY CLINIC BUILDING C-5 that we now have, the four holes you see in the ground had four posts sticking up with sides made of pipe to contain the horse. The drawings call this a "STOCK" and looking at the above picture the horses would have been brought in and tied on both sides of the room on a long pipe hitching rail and then one at a time brought into one of the two stocks, given a shot, moved out and the next animal would be moved in. In this manner they could have inoculated a lot of animals relatively fast. The SURGICAL CLINIC C-6 on the other side of WARD A AND B also had one stock and the elevating surgical table installed there. Look below on this webpage at the newspaper "With the Fort Ord Veterinarians" for a view of a horse in a stock and a view of the elevating surgical table in the Surgical Clinic.
Image credit copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.What remains of the two horse stocks that were once installed in the C-5 Veterinary Clinic buidling.
NOTE: The "Horse Stock" was used for veterinary examinations, treating injured horses, giving vaccinations to unruly horses, washing & grooming, horse shoeing, They are still used and sold today.
NOTE: General Elia told me the Horse Stocks were still installed in the C-5 building when he first came to the veterinary hospitl in 1946, they were cut off at floor level and they went to the salvage yard that was right across from the vet hospital. The hitching posts were removed also at this time.
Image credit copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.Note: On January 7, 2011 in time for the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital one of the original "Ajax horse stocks" were returned to the veterinary hospital. Donated by Coral Armstrong, DVM of Los Coches Animal Hospital, Soledad, Ca. and Tony Parga. Dennis. Dennis Winfrey, Camp Warhorse of the California Historical Artillery Society donated his time, truck and trailer to bring the stock back to Fort Ord. Also assisting were Margaret Davis and John and Greg Krenzelok. The stock was originally in "Ward A" and removed in the 1960's by Dr. Gary Deter, DVM and his associate. The stock was then moved to their Veterinary Clinic in Salinas where they were used daily for 40 years until the new owner of the Steinbeck Country Equine Clinic replace the stock with a larger newer one. Coral then became the new owner of the stock.
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From left to right: T-3144, C-6 Veterinary Clinic Surgical Building; T-3143, Ward B; T-3142, Ward A; T-3141, Colic Building and T-3140, C-5 Veterinary Clinic. Barrack T-3132 is on the right and cannot be seen. This is a complete Series 700, WW2 Mobilization Building Type, Station Veterinary Hospital built originally to care the horses of the U.S. Army. Taken in 2009 before the stabilization of the buildings in 2013. Image credit: copyrighted Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.Taken from 5th Avenue looking southeast. From front to back: The C-6 building, Ward B, Ward A, the Colic Building and the C-5. Not shown is the three-quarter barrack on the right side of 5th Avenue
Lt. K.J. Hester and Sgt. Weldon Preble check the progress of a horse being treated for Lymphangitis at the Fort Ord Station Hospital. Which means he is having a lot of misery in his left hind leg. (October 9, 1942 Fort Ord Panorama Newspaper) DLIFLC & POMNOTE: One of the Fort Ord Station Hospital's Horse stocks is being used.
THE C-5 VETERINARY CLINIC BUILDING T-3140 AND THE C-6 VETERINARY SURGICAL CLINIC BUILDING T-3144 WERE IDENTICAL BUILDINGS ON THEIR EXTERIORS ORIGINALLYVERY IMPORTANT NOTE: It is very important to note that these two buildings originally looked identical on their outsides at the U.S. Army Horse Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital c1941. But their insides were not. The C-5 building (T-3140) was a Veterinary Clinic and the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital's Headquarters, and also was a veterinary clinic for servicing, check-ups, vaccinations for U.S. Army Horses stabled at the 21 stables on 4th Avenue. The building's rooms configuration in the front of each buildings was a little different for each building. Both buildings in the rear of the building had a large working area with hitching rails and a sliding back door, allowed bringing in the horses in to the building.
The C-6 building (T-3144) was setup originally for surgery on the Army horses complete with a horse operating table. Care of the post animals was also done by the U.S. Army Veterinarians stationed here. Please look at the diagrams of the layout of each building. This building appearance stayed the same until the mid to the late 1940s or later with the Army Veterinary Station Hospital converting from a large animal (horse and mule) to small animal clinic (military dogs, dogs and cats, plus some horses) that still were located on the post. It should be noted that military dogs were trained at East Garrison complete with kennels (I have documented these buildings when they were still standing). At this time the appearance of the C-6 building started to change with dog kennels added to the sides of the building. The changes continued until 1999 when the Monterey County Animals Services needed a temporary building until their new location was completed. At this time the C-6 building was remodeled in the inside and more kennel areas added. This is why this building today looks so different. Our vision for the future is to remove all added non-original structures, leaving just the original C-6 building. It will not be too large of a project. If you look at the images of the building you will notice that basically the original building is still there.
- Greg Krenzelok - Director- Historian - U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group.
Lay-out of the original inside of the C-6 Veterinary Surgical Clinic building T-3144. Notice the layout of the building and the horse operating table, hitching post, and sliding door at the rear of the building. Heater room was different at the U.S. Army Horse Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital c1941. Credit: USACE, ERDC, A Smith
Left image: The layout of the Type C-6 Veterinary Surgical Clinic building T-3144. Right image: The layout of the Type C-5 Veterinary Surgical Clinic building T-3140. Note: It is amazing that #9 the original double swinging doors are still intact in the C-5 building as of 2021.
Left image: The C-6 Veterinary Surgical Clinic building T-3144. Right image: The C-5 Veterinary Clinic building T-3140. Originally looked identical on their exteriors. Windows and doors were also identical, both had a rear sliding door to bring the horses in. Today you can still see the cut-out of the sliding door on the rear of the C-6 building where it was filled in and replaced by a single man door.
Left image: Today 2021, you can still see the cut-out of the sliding door on the rear of the C-6 building where it was filled in and replaced by a single man door (small red dots at the corners). Right image: The rear sliding door of The C-5 Veterinary Clinic building T-3140. The C-6 rear sliding door would have been exactly like this one. Images courtesy of Margaret Davis, all rights reserved.
Left image: Camp Lockett, Type C-6 Veterinary Clinic Surgical in 1941. Series 700-272 Drawing and building Number T-631. The only other example of a Type C-6 building that I have been able in find in the country. This is an exact copy of what the C-6 building at the U.S. Army Horse Station Veterinary Hospital c1941 looked like. Notice the rear sliding door. Image credti: Mountain Empire Historical Society, Campo, California. Note: the horse in the doorway. Right image: Layout of the U.S.Army Horse Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital c1941. Note: Look at the top of this webpage to view more images of the original outsides of the C-6 Veterinary Surgical Clinic building T-3144.
STABILIZATION OF THE C-5 VETERINARY CLINIC BUILDING T-3140 U.S. ARMY HORSE c1941 IN 2013The Marina City Council approved a contract for over $350,000 for the stabilization of the WWII Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital buildings at the Marina Equestrian Center. While the city's "envelope stabilization" project is not a restoration, it is intended to halt deterioration of the warhorse hospital by making the buildings watertight with new roofing and paint. The best part of this news is the recognition of the value of these buildings by the city. We have worked long to garner this recognition, and your efforts have been instrumental.
We are now urging the city to take special precautions to ensure architectural integrity is preserved as work proceeds. The cachet of a vintage building is in the details, especially windows and hardware. The U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group and Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse will continue to monitor the work and urge the city and contractor to treat these buildings lovingly and preserve their character. Please write to the City of Marina and the mayor for complete restoration of these very historic buildings.
Stabilization of the Fort Ord Station Veterinary KSBW News Action News TV - Jan 15, 2014
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Stabilization: KSBW News Action News TV - Jan 15, 2014All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok and Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse, Margaret Davis, all rights reserved
Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok and Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse, Margaret Davis, all rights reserved
Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok Collection, all rights reserved.
Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok Collection, all rights reserved.
Work being done by AL-BANA Construction (831) 970-1235 and Speed Boy Painting (831) 731-0507, 2013. Image courtesy of Margaret Davis and Greg Krenzelok Collection, all rights reserved.
2013: FORT ORD STATION VETERINARY HOSPITAL RE-ROOFING AND PAINTING IS UNDER WAY
I had a chance to go down to the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital (Horse, c1941) recently and inspect the building stabilization project (re-roofing and painting). I have to admit I was stunned and speechless to see the old roofing removed and construction work being done to repair the roofs as I drove on to the property. Since December of 2009 we have been working on the research of the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital and the stables and blacksmith shops located nearby. The battle was loss to save the stables and blacksmith shops in May of 2011 but the fight continued to save these buildings and I just couldn't believe that progress was being made to save the Station Veterinary Hospital. We give a big thanks to the long list of groups and people who have helped to make this possible. And a special thanks to the Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse for all of their hard work.- Greg Krenzelok, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group and its members.
Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok Collection, all rights reserved.
Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok Collection, all rights reserved.
Above four images, Left top image: Marina City Council Member Frank O'Connell, Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse; Margaret Davis, and Greg Krenzelok - Director - Historian, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group. Right top image and lower images: Marina City Council Member Frank O'Connell and Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse; Margaret Davis. Also Marina City Council Member Frank O'Connell signing the roof before the roofing is finished.Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Above images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok Collection, all rights reserved.
Above four images, Left top images: Marina City Council Member Frank O'Connell, Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse; Margaret Davis. Lower left and right images: Our painters on the job from Speedy Boy Painting, they did a wonderful job along with the AL-BANA Construction.Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Above images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok and Margaret Davis Collection, all rights reserved.
Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Above images courtesy of the Greg Krenzelok and Margaret Davis Collection, all rights reserved.
Above four images: Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Roofs finished. Image courtesy of Margaret Davis, all rights reserved.
Above four images: Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Roofs finished. Image courtesy of Margaret Davis, all rights reserved.
Above four images: Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Roofs finished. Bottom right image, Marina City Council Member David Brown. Image courtesy of Margaret Davis, all rights reserved.
Above four images: Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Roofs finished.Upper left and right images: Marina City Council Member David Brown and Council Member David Brown signing the roof. Lower left image: City Council Member Frank O'Connell finished signing, and City Council Member Nancy Amadeo signing the C-5 building roof. Image courtesy of Margaret Davis, all rights reserved.
Above four images: Stabilization of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic Building T-3140 in 2013. Roofs finished. Image courtesy of Margaret Davis, all rights reserved.Image upper left C-5 building signatures of everyone associated with the project of our events and preservation of the Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital (U.S. Army Horse c1941). And more views of the C-5 Veterinary Clinic, T-3140 building all looking very good after so many years of growing old and needing our care. All the building were looking very good in 2013. - Greg Krenzelok, Margaret Davis, Lisa Deas, Gail Morton, and all the rest of you that we could not have done it without you, March 8, 2021.
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U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group is a group of individuals that are concerned about the preservation of the History of the Veterinary Corps, Remount Service and Cavalry or wherever our country's history is being lost in conjunction with our beloved "Horse and Mule". There is no cost to join and membership is for life. We believe by uniting together in numbers we will be a more powerful force to be heard. Our membership list is private and only used to contact our members. Email us and become a member.
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