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Ruins of Fort at Crown Point, Crown Point, N.Y. c. 1907. Ruins of Fort at Crown Point, Crown Point, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906. Port Henry from Crown Point, Crown Point, N.Y. Photograph shows view across Lake Champlain at hills in the distance on December 23, 1902.
The location is in Essex County, New York, United States. The site is on a peninsula in the town of Crown Point, New York. Crown Point is the location of the 1734–1759 French-built Fort St. Frédéric limestone fortress and an even more ambitious British fort constructed during the French and Indian War, starting in 1759, Fort Crown Point.
At the same time they built a fleet to gain military control of Lake Champlain and the 77-mile-long Crown Point Road across the Green Mountains to reach the Connecticut River. Since 1910 the remains of both forts on the Crown Point peninsula are part of the Crown Point State Historic Site. Both are also U.S. National Historic Landmarks. Fort ...
A 1777 map depicting Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River. In 1755, following the Battle of Lake George, the French decided to construct a fort here. Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor of the French Province of Canada, sent his cousin Michel Chartier de Lotbinière to design and construct a fortification at this militarily important site, which the French called Fort Carillon. [9]
With 131 contributing buildings this late-19th and early-20th century historic district includes vernacular farmhouses in a variety of styles, barn complexes, a stone 1816 schoolhouse, Skenewood Estate, the Stable Inn properties, Germain property, "Kenjockety," Barber's Point Lighthouse, and Camp Dudley, the oldest continuing boy's camp.
Part of the Fort Crailo NHL. 8: Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park: Taconic Westchester: Yes 9: Crown Point State Historic Site: Satatoga/Capital District Crown Point: Essex: Yes Part of Fort Crown Point NHL and Fort Frederic NHL 10: Old Erie Canal State Historic Park: Central Madison, Oneida, Onondaga: No
Forts in New York state, United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Forts in New York (state) . This category directly includes all forts in the current New York state area, regardless when they were built or by which country--except for Forts in New York City which are only in its own sub-category.
The first New York NHLs were eight designated on October 9, 1960; the latest was designated on January 13, 2021. The NHLs and other landmarks outside NYC are listed below; the NHLs in NYC are in this companion article. Seven NHL sites are among the 20 National Park System historic areas in New York state. [4]