Fort Lafayette (Pennsylvania)
Location | 9th St. just N of Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA |
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Coordinates | 40°26′37″N 79°59′54″W / 40.4437°N 79.99834°W |
Built/founded | September 4, 1792 |
Demolished | yes |
PHMC dedicated | December 1, 1958 |
Fort Lafayette, later renamed Fort Fayette, (1792–1814) was an American
It was sited near present-day Penn Avenue and Ninth Street in the Cultural District of Downtown Pittsburgh.
History
At the strategic position of the
The opening of Ohio Country to settlement and the construction of frontier forts starting with Fort Washington in 1789 prompted the United States in 1792 to build Fort Lafayette in Pittsburgh, to replace Fort Pitt, as a supply center for Fort McIntosh and downstream forts on the Ohio River. On September 4, 1792, Anthony Wayne establishes the fort.[1] The name was later shortened to Fayette.
In 1803, Fort Fayette was a staging ground for the
External links
References
- ISBN 9781598845303.
- Richter, Daniel K. (2001). Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-6740-1117-1.