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Fort Halifax

Fort Halifax is a historic place in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1968, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 68000015.

Winslow, Kennebec County, MaineListed November 24, 1968NRIS #68000015★ National Historic Landmark
Photograph of Fort Halifax
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About this place

What is Fort Halifax?

Fort Halifax is a former British outpost on the banks of the Sebasticook River, just above its mouth at the Kennebec River, in Winslow, Maine. Originally built as a wooden palisaded fort in 1754, during the French and Indian War, only a single blockhouse survives. The oldest blockhouse in the United States, it is preserved as Fort Halifax State Historic Site, and is open to the public in the warmer months. The fort guarded Wabanaki canoe routes that reached to the St. Lawrence and Penobscot Valleys via the Chaudière-Kennebec and Sebasticook-Souadabscook rivers. The blockhouse was declared a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1968.

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The record

Listing details

Name
Fort Halifax
City
Winslow
County
Kennebec County
State
Maine
Listed on the National Register
November 24, 1968
NRIS reference number
68000015
Resource type
building
National Historic Landmark
Yes
Coordinates
44.53919, -69.62892
When was Fort Halifax listed on the National Register?

Fort Halifax was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1968.

Where is Fort Halifax located?

Fort Halifax is located in Winslow, Kennebec County, Maine at approximately 44.53919, -69.62892. See the map above.

Is Fort Halifax a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Fort Halifax is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.

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