Fort Hamilton Historic District

This article is about the fort in Rhode Island. For other uses, see Fort Hamilton (disambiguation).

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Fort Hamilton Historic District
Fort Hamilton Historic District is located in Rhode Island
Fort Hamilton Historic District
Fort Hamilton Historic District is located in the United States
Fort Hamilton Historic District
LocationNewport, Rhode Island
Built1780
ArchitectAnne Louis de Tousard
MPSLighthouses of Rhode Island TR
NRHP reference No.01001158 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 2001

The Fort Hamilton Historic District is a historic district including all of Rose Island in Newport, Rhode Island. The district includes Rose Island Light and an early U.S. military fortification designed in part by Major Louis de Tousard. The fort was named after Alexander Hamilton, and was part of the first system of US fortifications.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ William Abbatt, The Magazine of American History with notes and queries, Volume 11, (A. S. Barnes, 1884) pg. 490 [1]