Site of Queen’s Fort, Schenectady
About Site of Queen’s Fort
Site of “Queen’s Fort”
Built in 1705 as a triple stockade.
Rebuilt in 1735 of heavy hewn timbers set on stone wall ten feet high.
Fort was one hundred feet square, with blockhouse at each corner, twenty four feet square and twenty feet high.
Was capable of holding three hundred men.
Entered by a large swinging gage, raised like a drawbridge.
Sic cannon commanded the approached from all sides.
Open square within, was used as a parade and drill ground.
Taken down during Revolutionary War and timbers used in frame of soldier’s barrack, at corner of Union and Lafayette streets.
Tablet erected by Common Council on Centennial Anniversary of Incorporation of City March 26, 1898.
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