Fort Crown Point

Fort Crown Point
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
New York State Register of Historic Places
Ruins of the fort's barracks, 2020
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Location	Crown Point, New York, NY
Coordinates	44°01′45″N 73°25′52″W / 44.02917°N 73.43111°W / 44.02917; -73.43111
Area	11,800 acres (4,800 ha)
Built	1759 (1759)
NRHP reference No.	68000033
NYSRHP No.	03102.000305
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1968[1]
Designated NHLD	November 24, 1968[2]
Designated NYSRHP	June 23, 1980

Fort Crown Point was built by the combined efforts of both British and provincial troops (from New York and the New England Colonies) in North America in 1759 at a narrows on Lake Champlain on what later became the border between New York and Vermont. Erected to secure the region against the French, the fort is in upstate New York near the town of Crown Point and was the largest earthen fortress built in the United States. The fort's ruins, a National Historic Landmark, are now administered as part of Crown Point State Historic Site.