Hessian Powder Magazine
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Hessian Powder Magazine
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Hessian Powder Magazine, June 2011
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| Location | Guardhouse and Garrison Lanes, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°11′52″N 77°10′42″W / 40.19778°N 77.17833°WCoordinates: 40°11′52″N 77°10′42″W / 40.19778°N 77.17833°W |
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
| Built | 1757 |
| Built by | Hessian Prisoners of War |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001778 |
| Added to NRHP | May 17, 1974 |
Hessian Powder Magazine, also known as the Hessian Guardhouse Museum, is a historic guardhouse and gunpowder magazine located on the grounds of Carlisle Barracks at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1777, and is a stone walled structure, lined with interior brick. It measures 70 feet by 32 feet and the walls are 4 1/2-feet thick. It has a vaulted stone roof, covered by timbers and tin to take a gable form. Tradition says that some Hessian Prisoners of war, captured at the Battle of Trenton were sent to Carlisle. They were used to build this guard house, originally a magazine. It was probably first used as a guardhouse in the 1870s and when included as part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879–1918). Afterwards, it was used as a quartermaster and medical supply storehouse, filmstrip laboratory, message center, and U.S. post office. It was designated a museum in 1948.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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