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 HISTORY                                                                

  Historic Fort Steuben was built in 1786
 by the First American Regiment for the
 protection of surveyors who had been
 sent by the Continental Congress to map
 the Northwest Territory. At this time the
 Indians in the area were hostile.

                                               The site was selected as most desirable for a
                                               military defense since it was bounded on the east
                                              by the Ohio River and lay on a slope of land that
                                              was uniform and drained toward the river with hills
                                              to the west which formed a natural amphitheater
                                              around the perimeter.  It was on this site that
                                              Captain John Francis Hamtramck of the First American
                                              Regiment built a small blockhouse for the protection of
 his provisions while he and his men constructed the fort.


 By February 1787, Hamtramck and his men had completed
 construction of the fort and named it after Friedrich Wilhelm
   von Steuben, a Prussian army officer who had ably assisted
  General Washington in the Revolutionary War. The town
  that subsequently developed on the site still carries his name.


                                                      Two hundred years later, the non-profit Old Fort Steuben
                                                      Project, Inc. was formed to reproduce the fort on its
                                                      original site and to offer historical and educational
                                                     programs.



                
 Today, the reconstructed Fort Steuben is open to the public.
 The blockhouses for the enlisted men, the officers’ quarters,
 the quartermaster and the artificer’s shops,  the hospital and
 the newly opened commissary depict the daily life of the
 men who helped open up the new territories to settlement.



Historic Fort Steuben now includes a park with the Veterans Memorial Fountain and a Visitors Center
which houses a Museum Shop and Exhibition Hall. The Louis Berkman Amphitheater is now
complete and offers concerts and other programs. From May through October, the Fort hosts tours,
school field trips, and special programs. Contact us for more information on any of these events:
click HERE
The First Federal Land Office of the Northwest
Territory is located adjacent to Historic Fort
Steuben.  This is the original structure and
houses antiques as well as documents that
were part of the early history of Ohio. A tour of
the Land Office is included in your visit to
Historic Fort Steuben.
Veterans Memorial Fountain surrounded by
Memorial Bricks. Click HERE to purchase a brick.