SE of Stockton Springs on Fort Point, Stockton Springs, Maine. County/parish: Waldo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 28, 1969. NRIS 69000028.
1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
Fort Pownall was a British fortification built during the French and Indian War, whose remains are located at Fort Point State Park in Stockton Springs, Maine. The fort was named for Governor Thomas Pownall, who oversaw its construction. It never saw action, and was destroyed during the American Revolutionary War by the actions of both colonists and the British military to prevent its further use. The fort's remains were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88687377