Fort Perry
Fort Perry | |
_Box_Springs,_GA.JPG) Fort Perry historical marker | |
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| Nearest city | Buena Vista, Georgia |
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| Coordinates | 32°28′41″N 84°32′39″W / 32.47806°N 84.54417°W |
| Area | 30 acres (12 ha) |
| Built | 1813 |
| Built by | Floyd, Gen. John |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000601[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 30, 1975 |
Fort Perry is the site of a historic stockade fort defended by block houses in the area of Box Springs, Georgia. It was built in 1813 along the Old Federal Road. The site is commemorated by a historical marker located nearby on Fort Perry Road. It was constructed under General John Floyd and was used as a base of attack on the Sticks tribe (Red Sticks on the other side of the Chattahoochee River in Alabama territory). The fort was named for Oliver Hazard Perry.[2] Fort Perry was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1975.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Georgia Historical Commission (1954). "Fort Perry 1813". Gainesville State College. Retrieved April 5, 2018.