Changes

By 1919, functions of the camp included repairing and rebuilding motor equipment, storage of equipment and spare parts, unloading and reloading of vehicles and parts, training of mechanics and operators and housing of personnel to operate the camp.

Characterized by rapid growth, construction continued until June 1919, and the camp expanded over 237.6 acres to include 24 masonry and 176 wooden buildings, barracks, shops, the Post Exchange, a YMCA and other sports facilities, churches and a troop of 217 officers and 6,586 enlisted men.

Most of the functions of the camp remained the same over the years, but one thing that changed frequently was its name, which evolved from the "Mechanical Repair Shop Unit 306, Quartermaster Corps" to "Camp Holabird" to "Holabird Motor Transport School" to "Holabird Motor Depot."

On July 1, 1950, the camp became Fort Holabird, a name that lasted for decades.

The camp underwent the equivalent of plastic surgery between 1972 and the 1990s when the military post was closed and leveled and an industrial park was born and named Holabird Industrial Park. It was renamed Holabird Business Park in 1997.

Although the property has been served a buffet of changes over the last 90 years, one thing has been permanent: Samuel B. Holabird's name.