Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland. It was a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built on a nearby Castle Island in the Hudson River and which served as a trading post until 1617 or 1618, when it was abandoned due to frequent flooding. Both forts were named in honor of the Dutch House of Orange-Nassau.
Fort Orange was a small wooden structure, erected in 1624 by the Dutch West India Company as a fur trading post on the west bank of the Hudson River. It became the company's official outpost in the upper Hudson Valley, similar to the company's many other headquarters throughout their worldwide trading empire.
In 1664, when the English took control of New Netherland, Fort Orange was renamed Fort Albany. When the stockade was rebuilt on State Street hill in 1676, it was renamed Fort Frederick.
Fort Orange Archeological Site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[1]
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- ^ a b National Historic Landmarks Survey, Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: NEW YORK
- ^ National Register of Historic Places, State Listings: NEW YORK - Albany County
Sources
- Huey, Paul R.. "Aspects of Continuity and Change in Colonial Dutch Material Culture at Fort Orange, 1624-1664". Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
- Huey, Paul R. & Grumet, Robert S. (1993-05-05), National Historic Landmark Nomination: Fort Orange Archeological Site PDF (1.60 MiB), Waterford, New York: National Park Service
- "Fort Orange Archeological Site". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-12).
- "National Historic Landmarks Survey, Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: NEW YORK" (PDF). National Park Service (November 2007). Retrieved on 2008-06-22.
- National Register of Historic Places, State Listings: NEW YORK - Albany County, National Park Service, <http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ny/Albany/state>. Retrieved on 22 June 2008
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