Name/Title
Barracks Museum | 74 Washington, Eastport, Maine | I7-0B1-06 | District #209Entry/Object ID
209Description
The Barracks building was once part of the Officers Quarters at Fort Sullivan and stood on Fort Hill overlooking Eastport. The building was originally constructed In 1822 as a house for the fort’s sutler and stood next to the fort's hospital. In 1827 the Army purchased the house for an addition to the northern end of the Officers' Quarters This northern section became part of the long Officers’ Quarters’ building. In 1877, soon after the fort was decommissioned in 1873, the Officers’ Quarters was cut into three pieces and sold. The northern section was moved to its present location on Washington Street..This two and one-half story wooden clapboarded structure has a five bayed front with twelve over eight light windows, and a transom light over the door. The building is owned by the Border Historical Society. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969.
From Sunrise County Architecture (2nd revised and enlarged edition) 1996, p.29:
BARRACKS
The Barracks was once part of the Officers quarters at Fort Sullivan, and stood on Fort Hill overlooking the city. It was built in 1809, and was originally joined with two other buildings. The quarters were removed in three sections about 1870, and this section was placed on Washington Street. Another section of the building stands on Orange Street. This two and one-half story wooden clapboarded structure has a five bayed front with twelve over eight light windows, and a transom light over the door. The building is the headquarters for the Border Historical Society and is open to the public as a museum. AFN, JCB, JP
From Eastport Walking Tour Brochure, 2010:
61) Barracks Museum (NR), Route 190, Washington Street.
A two-and-one-half-story wooden clapboard structure, this building is the only part of the Officers Quarters still in existence from Fort Sullivan. This northern section was a part of one building that was cut into three pieces. It was sold on Feb. 1, 1877, for $110.00, and moved to its present location on Washington Street. In 1822, John Kelly, the fort's sutler, was allowed to construct a house next to the post's hospital. A sutler was a person who sold provisions to the troops. The sutler's house was a two-story building that contained four rooms and measured 44 feet long x 21 feet wide. Sometime in 1827 the Army purchased the Kelly house for an addition to the officers' quarters.
