Roxbury High Fort

Roxbury High Fort
Cochituate Standpipe (built 1869)
Roxbury High Fort is located in Massachusetts
Roxbury High Fort
Roxbury High Fort is located in the United States
Roxbury High Fort
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°19′31″N 71°5′40″W / 42.32528°N 71.09444°W / 42.32528; -71.09444
Built1860
ArchitectStandish & Woodbury; Olmsted, Frederick Law
Architectural styleGothic
Part ofRoxbury Highlands Historic District (ID89000147)
NRHP reference No.73000856[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 23, 1973
Designated CPFebruary 22, 1989

Roxbury High Fort is a historic fort site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869. The fort site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The site inspired the name of the Fort Hill neighborhood, which surrounds the area of the High Fort.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.