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Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president , Benjamin Harrison .
Fort Harrison, sometimes called Fort Ben, [2] is an Indiana state park located in Lawrence, Indiana, United States, and occupies part of the former site of Fort Benjamin Harrison. The park features a former Citizen's Military Training Camp , Civilian Conservation Corps camp, and World War II prisoner of war camp .
Camp Edwin F. Glenn is a national historic district located at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. It encompasses 19 contributing buildings and 360 contributing structures in a former military camp. The district developed between about 1925 and 1941.
The post was first named Fort Harrison after the sitting President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, on 13 December 1892. [1] Some years later on 16 February 1906, the name was changed to Fort William Henry Harrison because it was discovered that there had already been an Army fort named for Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Fort Harrison Terminal Station, also known as Fort Harrison Post Office, is a historic train station located at Fort Benjamin Harrison in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Fort Harrison: Indianapolis: Marion ... Marion: 1996 1,700 acres (6.9 km 2) Built on the site of old Fort Benjamin Harrison [14] ... Map all coordinates using ...
Next year, he became deputy commander of the Defense Information School at Fort Benjamin, Harrison, Indiana, according to NHHC. After serving in various public affairs posts, he retired from the ...
Fort Harrison was a War of 1812 era stockade constructed in Oct. 1811 on high ground overlooking the Wabash River on a portion of what is today the modern city of Terre Haute, Indiana, by forces under command of Gen. William Henry Harrison.