Vancouver Barracks

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Artillery barracks in the Fort Vancouver Historic Site area
LocationVancouver, Washington, U.S.
Built1849
NRHP reference No.66000370[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966

The Vancouver Barracks was the first United States Army base located in the Pacific Northwest, established in 1849, in what is now contemporary Vancouver, Washington.[2] It was built on a rise 20 feet (6.1 m) above the Fort Vancouver fur trading station established by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). Its buildings were formed in a line adjacent to the Columbia River approximately 2,000 yards (1,800 m) from the riverbank.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Vancouver Barracks". National Park Service. May 24, 2017.