Old Fort Western

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historic fort museum tourist attraction trading post

Old Fort Western is a historic 18th-century wooden fort and trading post on the Kennebec River, recognized as one of the oldest surviving wooden military structures in the United States.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Old Fort Western canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic fort ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ trading post ⓘ
architecturalStyle	18th-century colonial military architecture ⓘ
category	living history museum ⓘ open-air museum ⓘ
coordinateLocation	44.310°N 69.776°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfConstruction	1754 ⓘ
dateOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation	1960 ⓘ
dateOfNRHPListing	1966 ⓘ
describedAs	one of the oldest surviving wooden military structures in the United States ⓘ
hasPart	barracks ⓘ blockhouse ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ palisade ⓘ trading store ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	true ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.oldfortwestern.org/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inception	1754 ⓘ
locatedIn	Kennebec County, Maine ⓘ Maine ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedNear	Maine State House ⓘ downtown Augusta, Maine ⓘ
locatedOnWaterway	Kennebec River ⓘ
location	Augusta, Maine ⓘ
material	wood ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber	66000095 ⓘ
NRHPType	building ⓘ fortification ⓘ
offers	educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operator	Augusta, Georgia ⓘ surface form: City of Augusta
ownedBy	Augusta, Georgia ⓘ surface form: City of Augusta
partOf	Augusta Historic District ⓘ
significantEvent	Invasion of Quebec (1775) ⓘ surface form: Benedict Arnold’s 1775 expedition to Quebec French and Indian War era frontier defense ⓘ
significantPeriod	18th century ⓘ
use	military fort ⓘ museum ⓘ trading post ⓘ

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Old Fort Western
Description of subject: Old Fort Western is a historic 18th-century wooden fort and trading post on the Kennebec River, recognized as one of the oldest surviving wooden military structures in the United States.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augusta, Maine → hasLandmark → Old Fort Western ⓘ

City of Augusta, Maine → hasLandmark → Old Fort Western ⓘ