Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Fort Loudoun State Historic Park is a state park in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Established in 1977, it houses the reconstructed Fort Loudoun along with an interpretive center and recreation area. Park staff also maintain the nearby Tellico Blockhouse site. The state park is located off State Route 360 south of Vonore.
The Fort Loudoun Association and the Works Progress Administration launched the "Fort Loudoun Restoration Project" in September 1935, with plans to reconstruct the fort based on historical and archaeological research. Excavations at the site, which began in February 1936, were supervised by Hobart S. Cooper.
The fort was a roughly square bastioned earthworks, whose extent spread across where North Loudoun Street runs. [2] The property at 419 North Loudoun encompasses the historic heart of the fort, including a well dating to the fort's construction, and a portion of its northwest bastion. [2]
A historical marker with a brass plaque was placed 20 October, 1915 near the fort's site on Old Lincoln Highway (U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania). [16] A second marker was placed one mile east of the fort's site on 27 May 1947, but has been reported missing.
During this period, the blockhouse was the site of official liaisons between the United States government and the Cherokee. It was designated as the Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Area and listed in 1975 on the National Register of Historic Places. It is administered by staff of the nearby Fort Loudoun State Historic Area.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Winchester, Virginia. ... Fort Loudoun Site. June 26, 2014 419 N. Loudoun ...
Get the latest updates on Knoxville business happenings
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Tennessee. ... Fort Loudoun. October 15, 1966 U.S. Route 411 ...