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Fort Lewis, Virginia
Fort Lewis is a historic estate that contains an Antebellum South, antebellum era manor house, a farm and visitors lodge. The area was originally settled by Charles Lewis (son of John Lewis (Virginia colonist), Colonel John Lewis) in present day Bath County, Virginia. In 1756 he built a small stockade to protect the strategic western end of the Shenandoah Mountain pass from Indian raids. It was one of a series of fortifications authorized by the Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Colonial General Assembly along the frontier during the French and Indian War, French & Indian War. The stockade is now gone, but the manor house, farm, and reconstructed gristmill remain as part of "Fort Lewis Lodge". Fort Lewis was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. References External links Bath County History {{Bath County, Virginia Populated places in Bath County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Bath County, Virginia Colonial forts in Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Lewis Property Entrance
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek ''Towns of ancient Greece#Military settlements, phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the ancient Roman, Roman castellum or English language, English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
