Fort Hamilton Historic District
Historic district in Rhode Island, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the fort in Rhode Island. For other uses, see Fort Hamilton (disambiguation).
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Fort Hamilton Historic District | |
Location | Newport, Rhode Island |
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Built | 1780 |
Architect | Anne Louis de Tousard |
MPS | Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR |
NRHP reference No. | 01001158 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 22, 2001 |
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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]