Officers Row, a part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Historic District, is a congregation of 21 of the former homes of

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s stationed at the

Vancouver Barracks 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. It was built on a rise above the Fort Vancouver fur trading station establish ...

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/ref> The oldest of the homes, named the Grant House (after Ulysses S. Grant, who was stationed at the barracks as a Captain at that time but never lived in the house), dates from 1846, and the last edifice was constructed in 1906. In the 1970s a

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campaign to refurbish the dilapidated properties began to appear, and the site was added to the

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in 1974. In 1980, the U.S. Army declared it a surplus, and it was henceforth deeded to the city for one dollar. A $10.9 million rehabilitation effort proceeded in 1987. Today these homes have been fully restored, and now house several commercial and 34 residential rental spaces.

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{{authority control Buildings and structures in Vancouver, Washington Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) National Historic Sites in Washington (state) National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Washington Barracks on the National Register of Historic Places

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