- Fort Orange
Infobox_nrhp | name =Fort Orange Archeological Site
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York
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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=93001620Fort 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 theHudson River and which served as a trading post until1617 or1618 , 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 theDutch West India Company as a furtrading post on the west bank of the Hudson River. It became the company's official outpost in the upperHudson 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 renamedFort Albany . When the stockade was rebuilt on State Street hill in1676 , it was renamedFort 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
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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" forKingston, New York
* [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany//loc/fortorange.html Fort Orange] at the Colonial Albany Social History Project of theNew 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 theUniversity 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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