Fort Stamford Site
Fort Stamford Site | |
 View from atop the earthworks | |
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| Location | Stamford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°5′6″N 73°34′42″W / 41.08500°N 73.57833°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1781 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001920[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1975 |
The Fort Stamford Site, site of Fort Stamford, is a public park at 900 Westover Road in Stamford, Connecticut.[2][3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1] It is the site of the archaeological remnants of a military earthworks erected during the American Revolutionary War.[4][5] The fort's location gave a clear view of the Mianus River and Long Island Sound.[6]
The City of Stamford purchased 5-acre property in 1972 from Marcus Goodbody, and the park features some of his garden structures in the formal Goodbody Garden maintained by the Stamford Garden Club.[7]
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References
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ State Commission on Culture & Tourism list
- ^ "City of Stamford Park List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ Roberts, Robert B. (1988). Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States. New York: Macmillan. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0-02-926880-X.
- ^ Fort Stamford at American Forts Network
- ^ "Fort Stamford haunted by history, and maybe ghosts". Stamford Advocate. October 30, 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Fort Stamford's Secret Garden". Stamford Patch. May 5, 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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