Much of the housing for enlisted personnel was of this identical type. It appears to be, and I believe it was, made of preformed concrete slabs. The windows were exceptionally large allowing the gentle Caribbean breezes to cool the interior.
The photo of unit 552 was taken during February 1965 on Leeward Point. Each unit consisted of four family dwellings. The lower sections on the ends were each three bedroom homes, while the taller section in the middle was two separate family quarters each with two bedrooms. They were labeled A, B, C, and D from left to right. We lived in 552 B, or the left hand unit of the two center ones.
The center (B and C) units had the external doors right beside each other making them a mirror image each other. The stairs to the bedrooms and bathroom was straight ahead from the outside door. In our unit the living room was to the left as you entered the front door. The dining area was directly behind that, while a small kitchen area was to the right and behind the stairs from the front door.
Joseph and Bonnie McAllister lived in the A unit, but, after 47 years, I do not recall who resided in the other two. Google Earth shows that these half dozen units on Leeward Point have all been removed now.
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