Russell Garrison
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| Location | Fort Street, Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°35′52″N 70°57′25″W / 41.59778°N 70.95694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1675 |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002215[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 2018 |
The Russell Garrison was a fortified area of Dartmouth, Massachusetts in the 17th century. Now a small town-owned public park located on Fort Street in its Apponagansett neighborhood, the garrison site includes the reconstructed foundational remnants of the homestead of early settler John Russell, progenitor of the locally prominent Russell family. The house was originally surrounded by a wooden stockade, and was the site of attacks during King Philip's War in the 1670s. It is one of the town's few 17th-century home sites whose location is known, having undergone excavation in 1951.[2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "September 13, 2017 MHC meeting minutes" (PDF). Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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- Forts in Massachusetts
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- Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- National Register of Historic Places in Bristol County, Massachusetts