Spark's Fort was a pioneer

blockhouse A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It is usually an isolated fort in the form of a single building, serving as a defensive stro ...

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, erected on the southern side of the

Youghiogheny River The Youghiogheny River , or the Yough (pronounced Yok ) for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. s ...

, near Burn's Ford as early as 1774. It was first used as a polling place on July 8, 1776.

References

Forts in Pennsylvania Colonial forts in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Fayette County, Pennsylvania Demolished buildings and structures in Pennsylvania 1770s establishments in Pennsylvania {{FayetteCountyPA-geo-stub