Fort Lee

Established:  1917
Base Type: Army

About

Fort Lee, in Prince George County, Virginia, United States, is a United States Army post and headquarters of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM)/ Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, The U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Logistics University (ALU), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA).

Fort Lee also hosts two Army museums, the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, and the U.S. Army Women’s Museum. The Army’s Ordnance Museum relocated to Fort Lee in 2009-2010 and has plans to return its collection to public display at Fort Lee. The fort is named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Fort Lee is also a census-designated place (CDP), with a population of 3,393 at the 2010 census.

Just 18 days after a state of war with Germany was declared, the first Camp Lee was selected as a state mobilization camp and later became a division training camp.

In June 1917, building began and within sixty days some 14,000 men were on the installation.

When construction work ended, there were accommodations for 60,335 men. On 15 July 1917, the War Department announced that the camp would be named after General Robert E. Lee, a Confederate Civil War commander. Brigadier General Malcolm Frost said, “Every Army installation is named for a soldier who holds a place in our military history.” He further explained that the historic names chosen “represent individuals, not causes or ideologies,” and that it was done “in the spirit of reconciliation, not division.

Gate and Hours

Lee Ave: Monday – Friday, 5 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Weekends and Federal Holidays: 6 a.m. – 8 p.m
Mahone Ave: Monday – Friday, 5 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Weekends and Federal Holidays: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m
A Ave: Monday – Friday, 5 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Closed Weekends and Federal Holidays
Shop Road (commercial vehicle entrance)* CLOSED:
Temporarily Closed Until Approximately January 26, 2018
Please use Sisisky Boulevard Gate
Sisisky Boulevard* Always open.
All commercial traffic will be temporarily routed to this access point until Shop Road Gate repairs are complete.
Jackson Circle Always open to staff, residents and authorized guests
Temple Ave (Ordnance Campus): Mon – Fri: 4:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Inbound and Outbound)
and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (Outbound only)
Closed Weekends and Federal Holidays.

Quick Reference

Chaplain
Religious Support Office
3312 A Ave, Bldg. 12010, Suite 314

Samuel Sharpe DFAC
Aberdeen Ave, Bldg 18028
(804) 765-9244

Fort Lee Education Center
700 Quarters Rd
(804) 765-3570

Equal Opportunity
(804) 734-6582

Soldier Support Center
1401 B Ave
(804) 765-7636

Defense Military Pay Office
1401 B Ave, Bldg P-3400, Ste 122
(804) 734-6969

Base Surroundings

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
200 N Boulevard,
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 340-1400

Edgar Allan Poe Museum
1914 E Main St,
Richmond, VA 23223
(804) 648-5523

Children’s Museum of Richmond
2626 W Broad St,
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 474-7000

The Valentine
1015 E Clay St,
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 649-0711

Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
600 N 2nd St,
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 771-2017

Agecroft Hall
4305 Sulgrave Rd,
Richmond, VA 23221
(804) 353-4241

The American Civil War Museum- White House and Museum of the Confederacy
1201 E Clay St,
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 649-1861