Bounded by Baker Ave., Smith St., Park Ave., Monument Ave., and Thames River, Groton, Connecticut. County/parish: New London.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 06, 1970. NRIS 70000694.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Fort Griswold is a former American defensive fortification in Groton, Connecticut named after Deputy Governor Matthew Griswold. The fort played a key role in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, in correspondence with Fort Trumbull on the opposite side of the Thames River. Griswold defended the port of New London, Connecticut, a supply center for the Continental Army and friendly port for Connecticut-based privateers who targeted British shipping. The site is maintained as Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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