Fort Scott National Historic Site
National Historic Site of the United States in Fort Scott, Kansas. Built 1978. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. Named after General Winfield Scott, who achieved renown during the Mexican–American War, during the middle of the 19th century the fort served as a military base for US Army action in what was the edge of settlement in 1850. For the next quarter century, it was used as a supply base and to provide security in turbulent areas during the opening of the West to settlement, a period which included Bleeding Kansas and the American Civil War.
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The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | Old Fort Blvd., Fort Scott, KS |
| County | Bourbon County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000106 |
| Built | 1978 |
| Type of place | National Historic Site |
| Visitors per year | 35,922 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places |
| Contributing resources | 15 buildings, 3 structures, 16 sites |
Visiting
| Address | Old Fort Blvd., Fort Scott, KS |
| Website | nps.gov/fosc/index.htm ↗ |
| Coordinates | 37.84385, -94.70500 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Scott National Historic Site · 0 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000106. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.