Plattsburgh, NY Barracks - Customs House - Monument Halsey Corner 1909 Postcard

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Plattsburgh, NY Barracks - Customs House - Monument Halsey Corner 1909 Postcard. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.
Plattsburgh, NEW YORK - Barracks - Customs House Plaque - Monument Halsey Corner: Plattsburgh is a city in and the seat of Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 19,989 at the 2010 census. The "Old Stone Barracks" is the last remaining structure of a proposed quadrangle of early U.S. Army barracks built at Plattsburgh, New York in 1838. Of the four main buildings initially planned for the Plattsburgh post, only two were ever constructed, an officer's barracks and an enlisted barracks which formed an "L" shape. The buildings were utilized by the Army for nearly a Century. In the decades following the decisive British defeat at the Battle of Plattsburgh and the close of the War of 1812, the United States Military still remained suspicious and wary of British Canada. Relations with England were not cordial following the war and the establishment of a permanent Army Post for a garrison at Plattsburgh, along the strategically important Lake Champlain corridor, which for centuries had been a route for invasion, seemed an obvious choice. Although troops had been stationed there from roughly 1812 to 1825, no permanent military installation had been constructed with the men often being housed in dilapidated and inadequate log structures left over from the War. This was especially apparent in view of the usually harsh North Country winters. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good conditiion, but shows some edge wear.