Fort Boreman
Fort Boreman | |
 A view of the hill that makes up the former Fort Boreman | |
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| Location | Fort Boreman Drive, Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′41″N 81°34′6″W / 39.26139°N 81.56833°W |
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1863 |
| Built by | Co. A, 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001690[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 17, 2003 |
Fort Boreman is a historic archaeological site encompassing a Civil War fortification located near Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1863, by Company A of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It is a series of paired, approximately four foot deep trenches encircling the top of the hill in a zigzag pattern. It was originally built to ensure that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad link between Wheeling and Parkersburg was not severed or commandeered by the Confederate army.[2] The fort was named after Arthur I. Boreman, West Virginia's first Governor.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gail Lynn Walls, Patricia Miller and J.T. Sutton (May 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Boreman" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ "Fort Boreman Park". City of Parkersburg. 14 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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- Buildings and structures in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Forts in West Virginia
- Wood County, West Virginia, in the American Civil War
- American Civil War sites in West Virginia
- Mountains of West Virginia
- Military installations established in 1863
- 1863 establishments in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
- American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places