Fort Ticonderoga

  • Also Known As: See Also:Mount Independence

  • Address: 100 Fort Ti Road
  • Vicinity: 2.5 mi (4 km) S of Ticonderoga, E of NY 22
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1757/00/00 Marquis De Lotbiniere Architect Fort Carillon is built by France between October 1755 and 1757
1758/07/08 With a combined force of over 13,000 British Regulars and Provincial troops, Gen James Abercromby attacks French entrenchments near Carillon without the benefit of artillery. With 2,000 casualties, the defeated British retreat to south of Lake George.
1775/05/10 Robert Van Rensselaer American Commander Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys cross from Shoreham, Vermont and take Fort Ticonderoga by surprise, with no loss of life. Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
1775/05/10 Ethan Allen American Commander Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys cross from Shoreham, Vermont and take Fort Ticonderoga by surprise, with no loss of life. Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
1775/05/10 Benedict Arnold American Commander Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys cross from Shoreham, Vermont and take Fort Ticonderoga by surprise, with no loss of life. Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
1775/12/00 Henry Knox Expedition Leader Henry Knox arrives at Fort Ticonderoga to acquire cannons to used in the siege of Boston. Noble Train of Artillery
1776/09/26 Richard Stockton I Inspector Appointed by Congress to inspected Fort Ticonderoga
1776/09/26 George Clymer Inspector Appointed by Congress to inspected Fort Ticonderoga
1777/07/00 British recapture Fort Ticonderoga
1874/02/14 Delaware and Hudson Railroad Associated Railroad Foreman E A Dingle ignites a charge of nitro-glycerin and giant powder, opening the final section of the New York and Canada Railroad under the Garrison Grounds at Fort Ticonderoga.
1874/04/00 President Dixon and Chief Engineer Wentz of the New York and Canada Railroad inspect the work on the Ticonderoga tunnel review the route of the new projected Lake George Railroad (Baldwin Branch).
1874/05/00 Gammon and Co, New York agents for the Ingersall isinglass ceiling, finish the ceiling of the Ticonderoga tunnel.
1874/06/20 A railroad engine passed through the tunnel at Fort Ticonderoga for the first time during the week of 20 June 20 1874.

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Particulars for Fort Ticonderoga:
Cultural Affiliation American
Historic Use Conservation Area
Area of Significance Economics
Structure Type Fortification
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Owner State
Historic Use Village site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Ticonderoga
Registry Address: 2.5 mi. S of Ticonderoga on NY 22
Registry Number: 66000519
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Local, State
Architect: De Lotbiniere,Marquis
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 2195
Contributing Buildings: 3
Non-Contributing Buildings: 22
Contributing Sites: 3
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Historic and non-aboriginal, Economics, Military
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: American
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1755, 1777
Historic Function: Domestic, Landscape, Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Village site, Fortification, Conservation area
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Museum Agricultural outbuildings

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