Fort Wayne (Detroit)

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Fort Wayne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
Original barracks at Fort Wayne
Interactive map
Location	6053 West Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates	42°17′57″N 83°05′50″W / 42.29917°N 83.09722°W / 42.29917; -83.09722
Area	96 acres (39 ha)
Built	1842–51
Architect	Montgomery C. Meigs
NRHP reference No.	71000425[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971
Designated MSHS	February 19, 1958[2]

Fort Wayne is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, at the foot of Livernois Avenue in the Delray neighborhood. The fort is situated on the Detroit River at a point where it is under half a mile to the Ontario shore. The original 1848 limestone barracks (with later brick additions) still stands, as does the 1845 fort (renovated in 1863 with brick exterior facing). On the grounds but outside the original fort are additional barracks, officers quarters, a recreation building, a theater, commissary, guard house, garage, and stables. A large warehouse and the post fire station were torn down in 1976 and the two-story hospital was torn down in 2007.

The fort sits on 96 acres (39 ha). Since the 1970s, 83 acres (34 ha), including the original fort and a number of buildings, has been operated by the city of Detroit. The remaining area is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a boatyard. The fort was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958^[2] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]