Fort George (New York)

Fort George was the name of five forts in New York State, all of which are no longer available today. But one of them is eponymous for a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

The first Fort George was in 1626 in New Amsterdam (also: Nieuw Amsterdam) built and was originally called Fort Amsterdam. It was located near the present-day Battery Park. The British Army used it as Fort James, 1664-1687. 1673/74 it was briefly re-used by the Dutch as Fort Willem Hendrick. The British renamed the fort in 1687 at Fort George. The fort was destroyed in 1776 during the American War of Independence in 1790 and finally demolished. In its place today in Lower Manhattan, the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, in which the bankruptcy court for the southern part of New York and one of the three sites of the National Museum of the American Indian are housed.

A second Fort George was built by the British in 1755 in Oswego, which was destroyed by the French commander Louis -Joseph de Montcalm in 1756.

A third Fort George was built in 1755 in Lake George. It was destroyed in 1777 and finally abandoned in 1780.

The fourth Fort George or Fort George Hill was in 1776 in New York City near the present-day intersection of Aubudon Avenue and 192nd Street in Upper Manhattan on Laurel Hill (now Fort George Hill ) was built. Short term it was called Fort Clinton, and finally Fort George. From 1895 to 1914 this was the Fort George Amusement Park. Today it houses the George Washington High School and the surrounding neighborhood is named Fort George.

A fifth Fort George was built in 1777 by the British on Staten Iceland.