Fort Ninigret
Fort Ninigret | |
Fort Ninigret in 2008 | |
| Location | Charlestown, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°22′52″N 71°38′54″W / 41.38111°N 71.64833°W |
| Built | 1637 |
| Architect | Dutch West India Company |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000004 |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1970 |
| New Netherland series |
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| Exploration |
| Fortifications: |
| Settlements: |
| The Patroon System |
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| People of New Netherland |
| Flushing Remonstrance |
Fort Ninigret is a historic fort and trading post site at Fort Neck Road in Charlestown, Rhode Island, built and occupied by European settlers in the seventeenth century. At its 1883 dedication, Commissioner George Carmichael, Jr. referred to it as "the oldest military post on the Atlantic coast."