Fort Garrison (1693)
Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland
Marker Inscription
Fort Garrison Built 1693 Marked by Fort Garrison Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century 1973
Erected by Colonial Dames of America
The Story
Fort Garrison was built in 1693 as a frontier defense in colonial Maryland, part of the network of fortified strongpoints raised to guard scattered settlers in an uncertain borderland. This stone garrison house stood watch over the edge of English settlement, and was marked in 1973 by the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century.
Why it matters
It is a rare surviving trace of the fortified frontier that defined the precarious first century of English colonial life in the Chesapeake.
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