Fort Duquesene
Fort Duquesene is a historical site in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Fort Duquesene is situated nearby to Point State Park, as well as near the historic building Fort Pitt Block House.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Point State Park and Fort Pitt Museum.
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
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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. Fort Pitt Museum is situated 470 feet southeast of Fort Duquesene.
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". Fort Pitt Block House is situated 330 feet southeast of Fort Duquesene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Allegheny West.
Downtown Pittsburgh
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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
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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 Duquesene
- Type: Historical site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.44157° or 40° 26′ 30″ northLongitude
-80.01092° or 80° 0′ 39″ westElevation
715 feet (218 metres)Open location code
86GXCXRQ+JJGeoNames ID
8410824
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