Madison Barracks

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Madison Barracks

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = MADISON BARRACKS.jpg

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| location = Military Rd., Sackets Harbor, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|57|10|N|76|6|35|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = 1816

| architect = Smith, William

| architecture =

| added = November 21, 1974

| area = {{convert|113|acre}}

| refnum = 74001246{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Madison Barracks was a military installation established in 1813{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Madison Barracks|short=x}} or 1815 at Sackets Harbor that was built for occupation by 600 U.S. troops, a few years after the War of 1812. It was named for James Madison who had just completed his presidency in 1817. Construction began under the name Fort Pike.{{cite web |url=http://www.fortwiki.com/Madison_Barracks |title=Madison Barracks |publisher=FortWiki |accessdate=January 10, 2019}} The facility is a National Historic Landmark and a historic district located in Jefferson County, New York. The district includes 86 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. It includes the stone hospital, bakery, several warehouses known as "Stone Row," a stone water tower, and a series of brick buildings constructed in the 1890s as officers quarters, barracks, mess hall, and weapons storage and repair building.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3015|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Madison Barracks|date=September 1974 |accessdate=2009-12-10 |author=Cornelia E. Brooke|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3318|title=Accompanying 14 photos}}

Madison Barracks was the U.S. Army's primary post in upstate New York until Pine Camp (later renamed Fort Drum) was opened in 1908. Madison Barracks remained an active military installation through the end of World War II, to 1947.

The grounds and remaining buildings of Madison Barracks are now part of a combined residential and business development.{{cite web |url=https://madisonbarracks.com/ |title=Welcome to Madison Barracks |publisher=Madison Barracks |accessdate=January 10, 2019}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.