Fort Stanwix

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Fort Stanwix is a reconstructed 18th-century American Revolutionary War fort and National Monument located in present-day Rome, New York.

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Surface form Occurrences
Fort Oswegatchie 1
Fort Stanwix National Monument 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf National Monument of the United States
historical fort
reconstructed fort
alsoKnownAs Fort Schuyler NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle star fort
builtFor British Army NERFINISHED
controlledBy Great Britain NERFINISHED
United States of America NERFINISHED
coordinateLatitude 43.212
coordinateLongitude -75.456
country United States of America
demolished late 18th century
established 1935
establishedBy United States Congress
garrisonedBy British Army NERFINISHED
Continental Army NERFINISHED
hasHeritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places listing NERFINISHED
hasMuseum visitor center museum
heritageDesignationCountry United States of America NERFINISHED
locatedIn Mohawk Valley NERFINISHED
New York
surface form: New York (state)

Oneida County, New York NERFINISHED
Rome, New York NERFINISHED
downtown Rome, New York NERFINISHED
locatedNear Erie Canal NERFINISHED
Oneida Carry NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterway Mohawk River NERFINISHED
maintainedBy National Park Service
managingOrganization National Park Service NERFINISHED
materialUsed earthworks
timber
notableEvent Battle of Oriskany (nearby, 1777) NERFINISHED
Siege of Fort Stanwix (1777) NERFINISHED
openToPublic true
originalConstructionEnd 1762
originalConstructionStart 1758
originalUse frontier fortification
military post
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Fort Stanwix National Monument NERFINISHED
reconstructionCompleted 1970s
reconstructionStart 1960s
significantFor blocking British advance from the west during Saratoga campaign
defense of the Mohawk Valley in 1777
topic American Revolutionary War history
colonial frontier defense
usedDuringConflict American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
French and Indian War NERFINISHED

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