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Survey of
Historic Sites and Buildings

	COLONIAL NIAGARA HISTORIC DISTRICT (Old Fort Niagara) New York
Location: N.Y. 18F, mouth of Niagara River, Youngstown, Niagara County. Old Fort Niagara Association Fort Niagara State Park

This location was strategic because it controlled fur-trade routes from the eastern Great Lakes and afforded an entry to the Northwest frontier. Here are found: a bronze cross honoring Father Pierre Millet and the French garrison who suffered exceedingly here in the winter of 1688; the "stone castle" built by the French in 1726 as a fortified barracks; several other structures dating from the colonial period, and earthworks from the British occupation; a stone platform commemorating the Rush Bagot Agreement of 1817, which limited armament on the Great Lakes; earthworks and brick casements constructed during the Civil War; and restorations of other Old Fort Niagara buildings, completed in the 1930's, along with interpretive exhibits and dozens of mounted cannon. The Old Fort Niagara Association administers the site under a lease from the Secretary of the Army and under license from the Niagara Frontier State Park Commission. The site has been approved for the Registry of National Historic Landmarks in the study of French exploration and settlement.

NHL Designation: 10/09/60