Kennebec Arsenal | |
.jpg) Kennebec Arsenal | |
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| Location | Augusta, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 44°18′30″N 69°46′10″W / 44.30833°N 69.76944°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000046 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 25, 1970[1] |
| Designated NHLD | February 16, 2000[2] |
Kennebec Arsenal is a historic arsenal on Arsenal Street in Augusta, Maine. Largely developed between 1828 and 1838 in part because of border disputes with neighboring New Brunswick, it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2000 as a good example of a nearly intact early 19th-century munitions storage facility.[3] The arsenal property was garrisoned until 1901, after which it was turned over to the State of Maine as an expansion of the adjacent Maine State Hospital. The state for many years housed mental health patients there.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Kennebec Arsenal". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ "NHL nomination for Kennebec Arsenal". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ "Maine threatens lawsuit over neglected historic site". Associated Press article. Kennebec Journal. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-10-18.