Fort Stamford Site

Fort Stamford Site

View from atop the earthworks
Location Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°5′6″N 73°34′42″W / 41.08500°N 73.57833°W / 41.08500; -73.57833Coordinates: 41°5′6″N 73°34′42″W / 41.08500°N 73.57833°W / 41.08500; -73.57833
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1781
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ State Commission on Culture & Tourism list
  3. ↑ City of Stamford Park List
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Fort Stamford at American Forts Network
  6. ↑ "Fort Stamford haunted by history, and maybe ghosts". Stamford Advocate. October 30, 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Fort Stamford's Secret Garden". Stamford Patch. May 5, 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2017.


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