Fort Orange

Fort Orange

Infobox_nrhp | name =Fort Orange Archeological Site
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York


caption =
location= Albany, New York
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 38 | lat_seconds = 41.46 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 45 | long_seconds = 1.05 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1624
architect=
architecture=
designated = November 04, 1993
added = November 04, 1993 Citation |title=National Register of Historic Places, State Listings: NEW YORK - Albany County]
governing_body = State
refnum=93001620

Fort Orange ( _nl. Fort Oranje) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland. It was a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built on a nearby Castle Island in the Hudson River and which served as a trading post until 1617 or 1618, 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. 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.

Fort Orange Archeological Site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.citation |title=National Historic Landmarks Survey, Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: NEW YORK ]

See also

* List of National Historic Landmarks in New York
* List of Registered Historic Places in Albany County, New York

References

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* |place=Waterford, New York |publisher=National Park Service |accessdate=2008-06-22
* cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2177&ResourceType=Site
title=Fort Orange Archeological Site |date=2007-09-12 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service

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External links

* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/kingston/colonization.htm Dutch Colonization] as part of the National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary" for Kingston, New York
* [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany//loc/fortorange.html Fort Orange] at the Colonial Albany Social History Project of the New York State Museum
* [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsM_P/orangeFort.htm Fort Orange] at the New York State Military Museum site
* [http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/tantillo/Orange.html Fort Orange, 1635] (painting) - a visualization by artist Leonard Tantillo, at the University at Albany, SUNY, University Art Museum, site
* (accompanying documentation to National Historic Landmark Nomination)
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov National Register Information System database] (search by location)


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