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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1792/00/00 Gen William Lenoir Home
1823/03/13 Walter Waightstill Lenoir Born Selena Louisa Avery Lenoir, wife of Thomas Lenoir, gives birth to a son, Walter Waightstill Lenoir, at Fort Defiance, the family home, in Wilkes (now Caldwell) County, North Carolina.
1890/07/26 Walter Waightstill Lenoir Died Walter Waightstill Lenoir dies at aged 67 in Watauga County, North Carolina. Mr Lenoir is buried at Fort Defiance Cemetery in Lenoir, North Carolina.

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Particulars for Fort Defiance:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Area of Significance Military
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th September 1970

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Defiance
Registry Address: N of Lenoir on NC 268
Registry Number: 70000444
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 5
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture, Military, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1788, 1792
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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