Ruins of Fort Amherst (Crown Point) barracks looking toward the Lake

Exterior view of the ruins of the barracks at Crown Point on Lake Champlain. Windows, doorways, and chimneys still remain on the crumbling ruins of a long, stone building. A cow looks on as a man drives a buggy beside the ruins. Originally named Fort Amherst, Crown Point was a British fort constructed in 1759 near the site of the French Fort Saint-Frédéric, which was destroyed earlier the same year in the French and Indian War. Crown Point was captured by the Green Mountain Boys in the Revolutionary War.
Identifier
NYSA_A3045-78_D47_ChF1
Date Original
1895 – circa 1910
Source
New York State Archives. Education Dept. Division of Visual Instruction. Instructional lantern slides, 1911-1925, A3045-78, Lantern slide D47_ChF1, Box 5
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Geographic Locations

Essex County
Niagara County