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Fort Stamford Site

Fort Stamford Site
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View from atop the earthworks
Fort Stamford Site is located in Connecticut
Fort Stamford Site
Fort Stamford Site is located in the US
Fort Stamford Site
Location Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°5′6″N 73°34′42″W / 41.08500°N 73.57833°W / 41.08500; -73.57833Coordinates: 41°5′6″N 73°34′42″W / 41.08500°N 73.57833°W / 41.08500; -73.57833
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1781
NRHP Reference # 75001920
Added to NRHP September 10, 1975

The Fort Stamford Site, site of Fort Stamford, is a public park at 900 Westover Road in Stamford, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It is the site of the archaeological remnants of a military earthworks erected during the American Revolutionary War. The fort's location gave a clear view of the Mianus River and Long Island Sound.

The City of Stamford purchased 5-acre property in 1972 from Marcus Goodbody, and the park features some of his garden structures in the formal Goodbody Garden maintained by the Stamford Garden Club.



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