Fort Orange

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Fort Orange Archeological Site
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
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Location:	Albany, New York
Coordinates:	42°38′41.46″N, 73°45′1.05″W
Built/Founded:	1624
Designated as NHL:	November 04, 1993 ^[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 04, 1993 ^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	93001620
Governing body:	State

Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje or Fort Oranije) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland. It was a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built in 1614 on a nearby Castle Island in the Hudson River and which served as a trading post until 1617, when it was abandoned due to frequent flooding. Both forts were named in honor of the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.

Fort Orange was a small wooden structure, erected in 1624 by the Dutch West India Company as a fur trading post on the west bank of the Hudson River, just south of where the city of Albany now stands. It became the company's official outpost in the upper Hudson Valley, similar to the company's many other headquarters throughout their worldwide trading empire.

In 1664, when the English took control of New Netherland, Fort Orange was renamed Fort Albany. When the stockade was rebuilt on State Street hill in 1676, it was renamed Fort Frederick.

The site of the fort was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.^[1],^[3],^[4]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Fort Orange Archeological Site. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-12).
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ ["Fort Orange Archeological Site", by Paul R. Huey and Robert S. GrumetPDF (425 KiB) National Historic Landmark Nomination]. National Park Service (1993-05-05).
^ [Fort Orange Archeological Site--Accompanying photos of artifactsPDF (287 KiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory]. National Park Service (1993-05-05).

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