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Fort Hill (other)
Fort Hill may refer to: Places United States *Fort Hill, site of Fort Moore, a former landmark overlooking the Old West town of Los Angeles, California *Fort Hill (Frankfort, Kentucky), a park and historic site *Fort Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, a neighborhood and historic district *Fort Hill Estate, an historic estate in Lloyd Harbor, New York *Fort Hill State Memorial, a Native American earthwork located in Highland County, Ohio *Nelson Avenue–Fort Hill Historic District, a residential neighborhood in northwestern Peekskill, New York *Fort Hill, Oregon, an unincorporated community in Polk and Yamhill counties *Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Somerset County *Fort Hill (Clemson, South Carolina), John C. Calhoun's house *Fort Hill, West Virginia, a community *Fort Hill (Burlington, West Virginia), a historic plantation Other places *Chitipa, Malawi, also known as Fort Hill Schools *Fort Hill College, Lisburn, Northern Ireland *Fort Hill Community School, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Moore
Fort Moore was the second of two historic U.S. Military Forts in Los Angeles, California, during the Mexican–American War. It lay straight above the junction of the Hollywood Freeway and Broadway, on an historic hill that once sheltered the old Plaza. The landmark hill took its name, Fort Hill, from the first fort, and the hill afforded sweeping views of the old adobe town and the vineyards in the swale of the Los Angeles River. Fort Hill was a spur of the ridge that runs from the Quarry Hills (Elysian Park) southward to Beaudry’s Bunker Hill; it originally stretched east between 1st Street and Ord Street. In old photographs, it forms a backdrop just behind the Plaza Church and square. By 1949, what was left of the hill under the fort was cut down when the Hollywood Freeway was put through.However, not all the hill was bulldozed, but some of it has been left west of Hill Street and north of the freeway, although at a fraction of its former height. The fort is now mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
