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Coordinates: 40°34′57″N 78°16′26″W / 40.58250°N 78.27389°W / 40.58250; -78.27389
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Fort Roberdeau
Fort Roberdeau, April 2010
Fort Roberdeau is located in Pennsylvania
Fort Roberdeau
Fort Roberdeau is located in the United States
Fort Roberdeau
Nearest cityAltoona, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°34′57″N 78°16′26″W / 40.58250°N 78.27389°W / 40.58250; -78.27389
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1778, 1939-1941
NRHP reference No.74001753[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1974
Designated PHMCApril 01, 1947[2]

Fort Roberdeau, also known as The Lead Mine Fort, is a historic fort located in Tyrone Township outside Altoona, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1778, during the American Revolution and was occupied until 1780. Initial efforts were made in 1939-41 to reconstruct the fort by concerned local agencies with support from the National Youth Administration. The stockade was finally reconstructed as a Bicentennial project in 1975–76.

The original fort was built of horizontal logs with a bastion at each corner. The fort was originally erected by General Daniel Roberdeau to protect local lead mining activities from the Native Americans and Tories.[3] The fort is open to the public as a historic site, administered and owned by Blair County.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

The site consists of the reconstructed fort and its structures (officers' quarters, storehouse, barracks, blacksmith shop, lead miner's cabin, powder magazine, and lead smelter), a restored barn (1859) which serves as visitor center, a restored farmhouse (ca. 1860), a sinkhole, a trail system, and a log house (2012) built in the style of an original frontier house. The site is open May 1 through October 31.

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David M. Berman (October 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Roberdeau" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-03.


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