The site was surveyed by CORF (Commission d'Organisation des Régions Fortifiées), the Maginot Line's design and construction agency, in early 1931.

[5] The gallery system was served by a narrow gauge (60 cm) railway that continued out the ammunition entry and connected to a regional military railway system for the movement of materiel along the front a few kilometres to the rear.

Unbuilt blocks: A series of detached casemates and infantry shelters surround Latiremont, including the: None of these are connected to the ouvrage or to each other.

The Casernement de Doncourt provided peacetime above-ground barracks and support services to Latiremont and other ouvrages in the area.

By this time, German units were moving in the rear of the Line, cutting power and communications.

By 1951, work was proceeding on renovation of many of the northeastern ouvrages, including Latiremont, with the aim of restoring their combat capability to block a potential advance by the Warsaw Pact.

It has served as a source of material for Maginot museums and has suffered from water ingress, staining floors and walls.