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.
Observed surface forms (2)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fort Oswegatchie