Fort Van Meter | |
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| Location | South Branch River Road (County Route 8), Glebe, West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°14′10″N 78°50′30″W / 39.23611°N 78.84167°W |
| Area | 1.9 acres (0.77 ha) |
| Built | 1754 |
| Architectural style | side-gabled |
| NRHP reference No. | 09001191[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 30, 2009 |
Fort Van Meter — or Fort VanMeter — is a mid-18th century frontier fort in the South Branch Potomac River Valley about 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Romney in Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Moorefield and about a mile northeast of the former community of Glebe at the northern end of the rugged river gorge known as The Trough.
Fort Van Meter, a small rectangular stone building erected around 1754 for the protection of white settlers against hostile Indians of the Delaware and Shawnee tribes, is still standing and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since 2009.[2]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ US Dept of the Interior, National Park service (n.d., but circa 2009) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Fort Van Meter