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Fort Amsterdam

Also Fort James, Fort Willem Hendrick, Fort William Henry, Fort Anne, Fort George.

NY

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A fort on the southern tip of Manhattan at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers. It was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then English/British rule of the colony of New Netherland and subsequently the Province of New York from 1625 or 1626, until being torn down in 1790 after the American Revolution. It was the nucleus of the settlement in the area that became New Amsterdam and eventually New York City.

A fort on the southern tip of Manhattan at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers. It was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then English/British rule of the colony of New Netherland and subsequently the Province of New York from 1625 or 1626, until being torn down in 1790 after the American Revolution. It was the nucleus of the settlement in the area that became New Amsterdam and eventually New York City.

The site is now occupied by the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House

1 Bowling Green, New York, NY, US 10004

Nearby
Ports 20 feet
Four Continents 20 feet
Seafaring Nations 20 feet
Custom House Murals 20 feet
Alexander Hamilton Custom House (National Museum of the American Indian) 20 feet
Symbols of Government 20 feet
Government House 20 feet
Peter Caesar Alberti Marker 152 feet
Abraham De Peyster Statue 174 feet
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