Roxbury High Fort
Roxbury High Fort | |
Cochituate Standpipe (built 1869) | |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°19′31″N 71°5′40″W / 42.32528°N 71.09444°W |
| Built | 1860 |
| Architect | Standish & Woodbury; Olmsted, Frederick Law |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| Part of | Roxbury Highlands Historic District (ID89000147) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000856 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1973 |
| Designated CP | February 22, 1989 |
Roxbury High Fort is a historic fort site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869. The fort site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The site inspired the name of the Fort Hill neighborhood, which surrounds the area of the High Fort.