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Fort Ticonderoga
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Fort Ticonderoga from Mount Defiance
Location in New York Adirondack Park Show map of New York Adirondack Park Location in New York Show map of New York Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Ticonderoga, New York
Nearest city	Burlington, Vermont
Area	21,950 acres (8,880 ha)
Built	1755–1758
Architect	Marquis de Lotbinière
Architectural style	Vauban-style fortress
NRHP reference No.	66000519
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	October 9, 1960

Fort Ticonderoga is a fort where there was a major battle. It is in New York State.

Officers' barracks, right; soldiers' barracks, left
Inside the first wall; officers' barracks at left, soldiers' barracks at right
Store room and powder magazine; soldiers' barracks at right
Front of the fort
View of the lake from the front
Back view of the fort

Images for kids

Detail of a 1758 map showing the fort's layout
A 1777 map depicting Lake Champlain and the upper Hudson River
Restored manuscript map, dated May 29, 1759, for the British plan of attack at the 1759 Battle of Ticonderoga
Daguerreotype of the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen, demanding that the fort be surrendered
Fort Ticonderoga as seen from Lake Champlain
John Trumbull's depiction of the Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga
Thomas Cole's Gelyna, View near Ticonderoga
A view of the restored Fort Ticonderoga
Stamp issued in 1955 marking Fort Ticonderoga's 200th anniversary

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