Fort Pitt
Fort Pitt was a fort built by British forces between 1759 and 1761 during the French and Indian War at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, where the Ohio River is formed in western Pennsylvania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: fort
- Description: fort that was built at the Forks of the Ohio
- Also known as: “Fort Pittsburgh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Pitt Block House and Point State Park.
Fort Pitt Block House
Historic building
Photo: Kevin Myers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort Pitt Block House is a historic building in Point State Park in the city of Pittsburgh. It was constructed in 1764 as a redoubt of Fort Pitt, making it the oldest extant structure in Western Pennsylvania, as well as the "oldest authenticated structure west of the Allegheny Mountains".
Point State Park
Park
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point State Park is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
Fort Pitt Museum
Museum
Photo: Photojunkie, Public domain.
Fort Pitt Museum is an indoor/outdoor museum that is administered by the Senator John Heinz History Center in downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Allegheny West.
Downtown Pittsburgh
Photo: Chris connelly, CC BY 2.0.
Downtown Pittsburgh is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.
Allegheny West
Neighborhood
Photo: Ainulindale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Allegheny West is a historic neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's North Side. The Pittsburgh Historic Review Commission voted in favor of designating the neighborhood as a city historic district in September 1989.
Chatham Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chatham Village is a community within the larger Mount Washington neighborhood of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and an internationally acclaimed model of community design.
Fort Pitt
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Fort Pitt” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皮特堡 (賓夕法尼亞州)”
- Chinese: “皮特堡”
- Dutch: “Fort Pitt”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بيت”
- French: “fort Pitt”
- French: “Fort Pitt”
- Italian: “Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)”
- Italian: “Fort Pitt”
- Japanese: “ピット砦”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Pitt”
- Russian: “Форт Питт (Пенсильвания)”
- Russian: “Форт Питт”
- Slovenian: “Fort Pitt”
- Swedish: “Fort Pitt”
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