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Fort Pownall Memorial
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Ruins of Fort Pownall
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| Nearest city: | Stockton Springs, Maine |
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| Built: | 1759 |
| Architectural style: | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 69000028[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 28, 1969 |
The Fort Pownall Memorial is located in Maine's 120-acre (0.49 km2) Fort Point State Park. The park is located on Fort Point, a small peninsula running eastward from Cape Jellison.[2]
In 1760, Massachusetts governor Thomas Pownall led the construction of a fort here, which he named Fort Pownall after himself. It was intended to secure the area for European settlement by driving off the remaining Norridgewock and Penobscot Indians. No battles ever took place at the fort. In 1775, British forces seized the cannons and powder. Later, a regiment of continental soldiers burnt the blockhouse and filled-in most of the ditches to prevent their use by the British.[3]
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