The architecture represented a Victorian style with Moorish features common to this school of design it was constructed of yellow brick with a red clay brick trim, and had two enormous wings that stretched 117 feet long and 45 feet deep. This grand four-story building was different from its predecessor. It was called “Upper Buildings” to differentiate it from the previous dormitories, which became “Old Quarters” or the “Lower Buildings.”
The building was constructed and then deemed ready for the midshipmen in October, 1869. Thus, the “New Quarters” were authorized, built on land that had been purchased in 1867 from the Visitors and Governors of neighboring St. When the midshipmen returned in 1865, the 566 person brigade had outgrown the spaces and required new housing. The Old Quarters became the Union barracks and storehouses. During the Civil War, the Naval Academy was relocated to Newport, Rhode Island. The Old Quarters worked well for the midshipmen but, as all things do with time, the Naval Academy underwent great change. Naval Academy History: A Historic Move and the “New Quarters” The Brigade of Midshipmen would line up for formation along the walkway in front of the New Quarters for various reasons including inspections, meal formations, classes, parades, and graduation ceremonies.
The New Quarters, photographed in 1869, designed and built during Rear Admiral David D. Each room was home to two midshipmen and an attendant oversaw every eight rooms. The Old Quarters housed 98 rooms, each containing “two bedsteads, two bureaus, two chairs, one table, wash-stand, lamp, oil and fuel,” according to the Board of Visitors’ Report for October 10, 1851. At the time, these “Old Quarters” were next to the fort. Now called “Stribling Walk,” the tree-lined pathway connects Bancroft Hall to Mahan Hall. The new structures built along Stribling Row, so named for the superintendent at the time of building, Commander Cornelius Stribling were completed from 1851-1853. Naval Academy in 1850, they enhanced the grounds substantially by building five two- to three-story high brick buildings to house the midshipmen. The first classes of midshipmen and faculty used the primitive wooden shacks and facilities for both academic and dormitory purposes. Interestingly, the Fort Severn garrison was given to the Navy from the U.S. Naval School was established on the Fort Severn garrison. Although none can take her place, we’d be remiss if we didn’t allot a brief chapter in the annals of USNA history. Before Mother B became the amidships of USNA life, other college dorms spotted the USNA campus. At lower right is an official portrait of the dormitories' namesake, Superintendent Cornelius Stribling. At the far right in the lower left photograph is Fort Severn. The three-story building in the top photograph is the Recitation Hall. Two photographs of the midshipman dormitories on Stribling Row from the 1870s.
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