Fort Wayne, Detroit

Fort Wayne is located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, at the foot of Livernois Avenue in the Delray neighborhood. The fort is situated on the Detroit River at a point where it is under half a mile to the Ontario shore. The original 1848 limestone barracks (with later brick additions) still stands, as does the 1845 fort (renovated in 1863 with brick exterior facing). On the grounds but outside the original fort are additional officers quarters, a recreation building, a theater, commissary, guard house, garage, and stables. A large warehouse and the post fire station were torn down in 1976 and the two-story hospital was torn down in 2007.

The fort's original extent was 96 acres (39 ha). Since the 1970s, 83 acres (34 ha), including the original fort and a number of buildings, has been operated by the city of Detroit. The remaining area is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a boatyard. The fort was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1958, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and designated as a City of Detroit Historic Neighborhood District in 2016.

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Fort Wayne, Detroit ranks #4,939 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #91 of the 103 mapped in United States. Founded 1845, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,891 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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