National Register of Historic Places

Russell Garrison

Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Listed
August 5, 2018
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
100002215

About this property

The Russell Garrison was a fortified area of Dartmouth, Massachusetts in the 17th century. Now a small town-owned public park located on Fort Street in its Apponagansett neighborhood, the garrison site includes the reconstructed foundational remnants of the homestead of early settler John Russell, progenitor of the locally prominent Russell family. The house was originally surrounded by a wooden stockade, and was the site of attacks during King Philip's War in the 1670s. It is one of the town's few 17th-century home sites whose location is known, having undergone excavation in 1951. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

Location

Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
41.59767, -70.95705

Categories

HISTORIC - ABORIGINALHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALLITERATUREMILITARY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Battles

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Russell Garrison was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 5, 2018.

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