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■Battery East, off Marina Dr, Phone: phone. This fortification weas built in the 1870s, to withstand newer and heavier ordinance. You can view the earthen works and brick-lined magazines built to protect large Rodman guns and their ammunition. ■Cavalry Stables and Pet Cemetery, Cowles St, between Lincoln Blvd and McDowell Ave, Phone: +1 415 561-4323, http://www.nps.gov/prsf/planyourvisit/cavalry-stablesand-pet-cemetery.htm. Five brick cavalry stables were built in 1914. Each stable could house 102 horses, enough for a cavalry company. A paddock stood between the stables and the cavalry barracks on the hill behind, and a blacksmith shop was in front. After the cavalry left the stables, they were adapted to other uses — the Pet Cemetery was started and also a veterinary hospital. Price: Free. ■Crissy Airfield, Crissy Field, 603 Mason St, Phone: +1 415 561-7690, tellmemore@parksconservancy.org, http://www. nps.gov/archive/prsf/history/crissy/crissyaf.htm. From 1921 to 1936 Crissy Army Airfield was the center of West Coast military aviation. During these years of explosive advances in air power, pilots from Crissy performed maneuvers and mock battles, flew endurance flights, surveyed the west by air, and scouted for forest fires. Price: Free. ■Fort Winfield Scott, Ruckman Ave, near Appleton St, http://www.nps.gov/archive/prsf/coast_defense/harbor_defense_sf/fort_scott/index.htm. Situated near the gun batteries of the coastal bluffs, Fort Scott was established in 1912 to serve as headquarters for the Coastal Artillery Corps of the San Francisco Bay area. Spanish Revival style buildings, the first of this style to be built on the Presidio, characterize the post, and the U-shaped parade ground breaks from traditional quadrangular design. The post was eventually converted to an Army Education Center. Price: Free. ■Infantry Row, Infantry Terrace, near Moraga Ave, http:// www.nps.gov/prsf/planyourvisit/infantry-row.htm. Buildings 101 through 105, known as “Infantry Row,” were constructed to accommodate troops consolidated at the Presidio after the Indian Wars. These were some of the first brick barracks constructed in the west, showing that the Presidio was to be a permanent post. Built in the late 1890s, these