The Fort Barton Site is the site of an historic
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
fort, now located in a public park at Lawton and Highland Avenues in
Tiverton, Rhode Island
Tiverton is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,359 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Tiverton is located on the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay, across the Sakonnet River from Aquidneck Island (also know ...
. All that remains of the fort are its earthworks, a roughly oblong structure about long and deep. The site was a defensive post overlooking the main ferry crossing between Tiverton and
Aquidneck Island, which was under British control at the time of its construction in 1777. The ferry was used as a launching position for American forces during the
Battle of Rhode Island in August 1778. The site was named after Lt. Col.
William Barton who successfully captured the British
General Prescott during a midnight raid on the British headquarters at
Prescott Farm in what is now
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
.
Fort Barton was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1973.
See also
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References
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Fort History information
{{Forts in Rhode Island
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Buildings and structures in Tiverton, Rhode Island
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National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
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