Schenectady in Schenectady County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Queen's Fort

Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, May 10, 2008

1. Site of Queen's Fort Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Built in 1705, as a triple stockade. Rebuilt in 1735, on heavy hewn timbers set on stone wall ten feet high. Fort was one hundred feet square, with blockhouse at each corner, twenty four feet square and twenty feet high. Was capable of holding three hundred men. Entered by a large swinging gate, raised like a drawbridge. Six cannon commanded the approaches from all sides. One square within, was used as a parade and drill ground. Taken down during the revolutionary war and timbers used in frame of soldier's barrack, at corner of Union and Lafayette Streets.
Tablet erected by Common Council on Centennial Anniversary of incorporation of City

March 26, 1898.

Erected 1898 by Schenectady Common Council.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Landmarks • Military • Notable Buildings • Notable Places • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1903.

Location. 42° 49.098′ N, 73° 56.746′ W. Marker is in Schenectady, New

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York, in Schenectady County. Marker is at the intersection of Front Street and North Ferry Street, in the median on Front Street. This marker is at the foot of the statue known as "Lawrence the Indian", in a gated enclosure of flowerbeads within a tiny circular plaza at the center of the Schenectady Stockade Historic District at the junction of North Ferry Street, Front Street, and Green Street. . Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Schenectady NY 12305, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 1703–1724 House of Capt. Phillip Schuyler (within shouting distance of this marker); Joseph C. Yates (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); St. George's Church 1762 (about 300 feet away); Ride of Symon Schermerhoorn (about 500 feet away); Commemorating Massacre (about 500 feet away); Oldest House (about 500 feet away); Cur Non? (about 600 feet away); Toll House (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Schenectady.

Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, April 29, 2008

2. Site of Queen's Fort Marker

This marker is at the foot of the statue known as "Lawrence the Indian"

Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, April 29, 2008

3. Site of Queen's Fort Marker

Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, May 10, 2008

4. Site of Queen's Fort Marker

Lawrence the Indian and the Queens Fort Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, July 2, 2010

5. Lawrence the Indian and the Queens Fort Marker

The statue was placed here 1887 and became known as "Lawrence the Indian." Lawrence was named after the Christian Mohawk who was a great friend to the early settlers and the most persistent of the trackers of the retreating French and Indians after the Schenectady Massacre in 1690.

Another Queen's Fort Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, July 2, 2010

6. Another Queen's Fort Marker

This is one of the markers mounted to the pedestal base of the Lawrence the Indian statue:

Queens New Fort
Built 1705.
Demolished
During
The Revolutionary War
This
Memorial Statue
Erected
12th September 1887.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2010, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. This page has been viewed 982 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 1, 2010, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. 5, 6. submitted on July 2, 2010, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.