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The fort remained in active use through the Second World War, after which it was used for reserve training by the US Navy. The property was partially turned over to the state of New Hampshire in 1979, which established Fort Stark Historic Site, and the remainder of the property was turned over in 1983. The grounds are open to the public during ...
It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands. It is home to Fort Constitution Historic Site, Fort Stark Historic Site, and the New Castle Common, a 31-acre (13 ha) recreation area on the Atlantic Ocean.
Fort Constitution State Historic Site: Rockingham: New Castle: 2 acres (0.81 ha) Fort Stark State Historic Site: Rockingham: New Castle: 10 acres (4.0 ha) Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site: Hillsborough: Hillsborough: 13 acres (5.3 ha) Governor Wentworth Historic Site: Carroll: Wolfeboro: 96 acres (39 ha) Hannah Duston Memorial ...
Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-02-926880-X .
A similar 90 mm battery, AMTB 952, was built at Fort Foster, and AMTB 953 was planned for Fort Stark but never built. [13] In 1948 Fort Dearborn was deactivated and all guns were scrapped. [10] The Pulpit Rock Base-End Station (N. 142), just outside of the park's southern boundary, is on the National Register of Historic Places, no. 10000188. [14]
Coast Guard station and state park New Hampshire: Fort Stark/Battery Cumberland: Jerry's Point/Jaffrey's Point, New Castle Island: Portsmouth: Colonial, Revolutionary War, First System, 1870s, Endicott: 1746: 1945: 1983: State historic site, unique HECP remains New Hampshire: Fort Washington: Peirce's Island, Portsmouth: Portsmouth ...
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Statues of John Stark ("Live free or die"), Seth Warner, and other notables ornament the grounds. The monument, while 10 miles (16 km) from the relevant battlefield, is located very close to what was once the site of the Catamount Tavern, where Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys planned the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.