Fort Ninigret

Fort Ninigret
Fort Ninigret in 2008
Fort Ninigret is located in Rhode Island
Fort Ninigret
Fort Ninigret is located in the United States
Fort Ninigret
LocationCharlestown, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°22′52″N 71°38′54″W / 41.38111°N 71.64833°W / 41.38111; -71.64833
Built1637
ArchitectDutch West India Company
NRHP reference No.70000004[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1970

Fort Ninigret is a historic fort and trading post site at Fort Neck Road in Charlestown, Rhode Island, built and occupied by European settlers in the seventeenth century. At its 1883 dedication, Commissioner George Carmichael, Jr. referred to it as "the oldest military post on the Atlantic coast."[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIGA1883 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).