Fort Kent (fort)

Fort Kent (fort)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Fort Kent
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Fort Kent, Maine
lat_degrees = 47
lat_minutes = 15
lat_seconds = 9
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 68
long_minutes = 35
long_seconds = 27
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maine
area =
built =1839
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= November 07, 1973cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=810&ResourceType=Building
title=Fort Kent |accessdate=2008-05-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = December 01, 1969cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=69000005

Fort Kent is a site significant for its association with the Aroostook War.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/69000005.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fort Kent State Memorial / Fort Kent] |32 KB|date=April 13, 1973 |author=Ben Levy |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/69000005.pdf "Accompanying three photos, exterior, historic (undated) and from 1973"] |32 KB]

It is located about 0.75 miles southwest of the city of Fort Kent, Maine.

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