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Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga: Fort Ticonderoga, by Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917 , 1844-1917
Fort Ticonderoga: Fort Ti (Ticonderoga), Grenadier Battery. "The spirit of the old fort.", by Stoddard, Seneca Ray, 1844-1917 , 1844-1917

Photo: Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Star fort · Ticonderoga, New York, United States

Fort TiconderogaSuspected

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1755–57; restored from 1909
Declared purpose
Fort
Today
Survives, restored museum
Build time
About 2 years; restored
Region
United States
Architect of record
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, engineer: about 32 when credited (1755, born 1723). Build time on record: about 2 years; restored.All architects of record →
On the list as
Suspected

Why it's on the list

Largely reconstructed after 1909 from ruins.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A star fort on Lake Champlain, largely rebuilt from ruins from 1909.

  1. Why researchers flag it

    Largely reconstructed after 1909 from ruins.

  2. Rebuilt

    Much of what stands was rebuilt from ruins.

  3. A star

    A bastioned star.

  4. Architect of record

    Michel Chartier de Lotbinière (born 1723) was about 32 when credited with the design in 1755. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.

Questions worth asking

  • How much is original?

Possible original uses

  • Fort

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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