Fort Frederick Governor Edmund Andros Made an Inspection in Albany in 1676 and Found Fort Orange, Located Near the Foot of Madison Avenue in Poor Condition. He Ordered a New Fort Constructed at a Site in the Center of State Street Just West of Lodge . . . — — Map (db m5248) HM
Facing The River on an eminence in this broad street. opposite St Peters Church stood, Fort Frederick. Built about 1676. Removed 1789. Gallows Hill to the South. Fort burial ground, to the North. — — Map (db m5405) HM