File:Madison Barracks.jpg File:Madison Barracks02.jpg File:Madison Barracks Stone Tower.jpg File:Madison Barracks Stone Tower 02.jpg Madison Barracks was a military installation established in 1813 or 1815 at Sackets Harbor that was built for occupation by 600 U.S. troops, a few years after the

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. It was named for

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who had just completed his presidency in 1817. Construction began under the name Fort Pike. The facility is a

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and a

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located in

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. The district includes 86 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. It includes the stone hospital, bakery, several warehouses known as "Stone Row," a stone

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, and a series of brick buildings constructed in the 1890s as officers quarters, barracks, mess hall, and weapons storage and repair building. ''See also:'' Madison Barracks was the U.S. Army's primary post in upstate New York until Pine Camp (later renamed

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) was opened in 1908. Madison Barracks remained an active military installation through the end of

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, to 1947. The grounds and remaining buildings of Madison Barracks are now part of a combined residential and business development. It was listed on the

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in 1974.

Military Cemetery at Sackets Harbor

Military Cemetery at Sackets Harbor or Military Cemetery is located south of the barracks at Dodge Avenue and Spencer Drive since 1909. It is the resting place for

Zebulon Pike Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory, first ...

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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts in Jefferson County, New York Military installations established in the 1810s 1810s establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York Military installations closed in 1947 1947 disestablishments in New York (state) {{JeffersonCountyNY-NRHP-stub