Champlain Arsenal
Champlain Arsenal was a 19th-century fortification near Vergennes, Vermont. Two buildings, built in 1825, still stand and make up the oldest remaining buildings of the Vermont Industrial School, now a Job Corps center. The two arsenal buildings have been shuttered since the 1970s.
Origins[edit]
The Army established this federal arsenal in 1826 or 1828. It contained quarters for officers, barracks, a magazine, ordnance storehouses, and munitions storehouses.
Antebellum operations[edit]
Josiah Gorgas briefly served at Champlain Arsenal.
First abandonment[edit]
The Army discontinued Champlain Arsenal in 1855.
Civil War era[edit]
Champlain Arsenal reopened in 1861.
Decommissioning[edit]
The Army left Champlain Arsenal in 1872. The War Department sold the site in 1873.