# Fort Brewerton

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**Fort Brewerton** is a historic [fort](/source/Fort) site located at [Brewerton](/source/Brewerton,_New_York) in [Oswego County, New York](/source/Oswego_County,_New_York). It is the site of a fort that originally was in the form of an eight-pointed star with sixteen 30-foot (9.1-metre) faces surrounded by a 10-foot (3.0-metre) [moat](/source/Moat). The 480-foot (150-metre) [parapet](/source/Parapet) had earth walls 5 feet (1.5 m) high from which projected log [palisades](/source/Palisade). Within the parapet were four log [blockhouses](/source/Blockhouse), smaller buildings for munitions and supplies, and wells. It was erected in 1759 to defend the passage from Albany to the port of [Oswego](/source/Oswego,_New_York).[2]

It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1973.[1]

The Fort Brewerton Historical Society operates the **Oliver Stevens Blockhouse Museum**, with excavated artifacts and exhibits about the fort and area history. The museum is a log reconstruction of a late 18th-century log [block house](/source/Block_house) that was located on the site. The museum is open 12-4pm on the third Saturday of each month from April through December as well as special events. Private tours are available by request.

## References

1. T. Robins Brown (May 1972). [*National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Fort Brewerton*](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320827) (none). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 19, 2025. ()

## External links

- [Fort Brewerton Historical Society's Museum website](http://fortbrewerton.net/)

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