Wyoming Army National Guard Cavalry Stable

Funding for the stables was provided by the Depression-era Civil Works Administration and Works Progress Administration. The Newcastle National Guard unit was formed in 1899 as Company A, Second Regiment, Wyoming National Guard, becoming Company A of the Third Wyoming Infantry Regiment in 1905. In 1921 the Third Infantry Regiment was reorganized as the First Cavalry, finally becoming in 1942 Troop F, 115th Horse Mechanized Cavalry. Similar units with similar facilities existed in Sheridan, Douglas, Casper and Torrington.^[3]

The original plans for the stables included a 190-foot (58 m) by 75-foot (23 m) riding hall adjacent to the stables, using the same materials. Footings were started, but due to the onset of World War II the hall was never completed. Stone intended for the hall was appropriated for other local construction projects. Of the Wyoming units, only Torrington had a completed riding hall.^[3]

The one story building measures 31.5 feet (9.6 m) wide by 168 feet (51 m) long, with a rock-faced sandstone exterior. The walls are solid stone 18 inches (46 cm) thick, with the stone obtained from a quarry on Salt Creek. Stonework was by the Sundstrom Brothers, who also worked on the Weston County Courthouse.^[3]

The building was built with stables and a caretaker's residence within. Much of the interior has an open ceiling with the roof structure visible above. The roof structure is heavy timber trusses on 10-foot (3.0 m) centers.^[3]

The Wyoming Army National Guard Cavalry Stable was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

• Photographs of the Newcastle Stable at the National Park Service's NRHP database
• Wyoming Army National Guard Cavalry Stable at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
• Wyoming Army National Guard Cavalry Stable at the National Archives and Records Administration
• Anna Miller Museum - Newcastle Area Chamber of Commerce site
• Anna Miller Museum - information from Planetware
• Museum information from Online Highway