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The fort was abandoned in 1796. Fort Winchester was constructed on a nearby site in 1812 by Gen. William Henry Harrison. The city of Defiance, Ohio, was founded at the fort's location in 1822. In 1904, the site of the fort was chosen for the Defiance Public Library.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Defiance County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States, about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Toledo and 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Ohio's northwestern corner. [5] The population was 17,066 at the 2020 census.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio (11 P) ... Fort Defiance (Ohio) Camp Dennison; F.
Fort Defiance was constructed in 1794 near the confluence of the Auglaize and the Maumee by General Mad Anthony Wayne. Fort Amanda, constructed along the river southwest of Lima in 1812, was an important American outpost during the War of 1812.
Pages in category "Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aug. 19, 1794, Wayne built a fort on the bank of the river opposite the rock, named Fort Deposit, because it was a storage depot for ammo and supplies. The fort was abandoned after Wayne bivouacked the wounded there and returned to Fort Defiance. [4] It was used as one of the supports for the now abandoned Interurban Bridge.
The Defiance Public Library is a historic Carnegie library located in Defiance, Ohio. It was built in 1904 with funds from Andrew Carnegie and was designed by architects Wing & Mahurin . The Tudor Revival -style building includes stained glass, a red sandstone façade, and picture windows overlooking the junction the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers ...