The Hoosac Stores warehouse in Charlestown

The Hoosac Stores, located on Constitution Road, are part of the Boston National Historical Park's Navy Yard facilities. In 1895, Hoosac Stores 1 and 2 were built as part of a state effort to draw trade activity by the Fitchburg Railroad, which operated rail service to Albany, New York. The railroad included the Hoosac Tunnel, an expensive and politically controversial project in western Massachusetts that was eventually taken over by the state. The Charlestown terminal was known as the "Hoosac Dock".

The neighboring Hoosac Stores 3 was built in 1875 for the Cunningham Iron Works. It was leased by the railroad in 1919 and used into the 1960s. While Hoosac Stores 3 was demolished in 2000 because it was structurally unsound, the surviving Hoosac Stores 1 and 2 were demolished in 2025.

The surviving building is now owned by the National Park Service and is managed as part of the Navy Yard facilities. These structures were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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