Fort George (New York)
Fort George was the name of five forts in New York State , all of which no longer exist. However, one of them is eponymous for a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan , New York City .
The first Fort George was built in New Amsterdam (also: Nieuw Amsterdam) in 1626 and was initially called Fort Amsterdam . It was located in the immediate vicinity of today's Battery Park . The British Army used it as Fort James from 1664 to 1687. In 1673/74 it was again briefly used by the Dutch as Fort Willem Hendrick . The British renamed the fortress Fort George in 1687 . The fort was destroyed during the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and finally demolished in 1790. In its place is now the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House in Lower Manhattan , which houses the bankruptcy court for the southern part of New York and one of the three locations of the National Museum of the American Indian .
A second Fort George was built by the British in Oswego in 1755 , but was destroyed by the French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in 1756.
A third Fort George was built in Lake George in 1755 . It was destroyed in 1777 and finally abandoned in 1780.
The fourth Fort George or Fort George Hill was built in 1776 in New York City near the current intersection of Aubudon Avenue and 192nd Street in Upper Manhattan on Laurel Hill (now Fort George Hill ). For a short time it was called Fort Clinton and finally Fort George . Fort George Amusement Park was here from 1895 to 1914. Today the George Washington High School is located here and the surrounding neighborhood is called Fort George .
A fifth Fort George was built by the British on Staten Island in 1777 .