Fort Decker

"Fort Decker" is a stone house built in 1793 from the remains of the fort of that name. It is located on West Main Street in Port Jervis, New York, United States, the oldest building in that city, which it predates by several decades.

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Type: Historic building
Description: stone house in Port Jervis, New York, United States
Address: 127 West Main Street, Port Jervis, NY 12771

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Port Jervis station and Mid-Delaware Bridge.

Port Jervis station

Railway station

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Port Jervis station is an active commuter railroad station in the city of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. Located north of Pike Street, the station serves as the western terminus of the eponymous Port Jervis Line of Metro-North Railroad. Port Jervis station is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Fort Decker.

Mid-Delaware Bridge

Bridge

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The Mid-Delaware Bridge, sometimes known as the Port Jervis–Matamoras Bridge or the Fourth Barrett Bridge, is a continuous truss bridge which carries U.S. Routes 6 and 209 across that river between those two communities and thus the states of New York and Pennsylvania. Mid-Delaware Bridge is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Fort Decker.

United States Post Office

Post office

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The U.S. Post Office in Port Jervis, New York, serves the 12771 ZIP Code. This covers all of the city of Port Jervis and adjoining portions of the Town of Deer Park. United States Post Office is situated 2,900 feet southeast of Fort Decker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Port Jervis and Matamoras.

Sparrow Bush is a hamlet in the town of Deerpark, in Orange County, New York, United States. The population as of the 2020 census is 981. The community is located along state routes 42 and 97, 2.3 miles northwest of Port Jervis. Sparrow Bush is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Decker.

Fort Decker

Categories: historic house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: City of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.37847° or 41° 22′ 43″ north

Longitude

-74.70153° or 74° 42′ 6″ west

Levels

Open location code

87H797HX+99

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1095181772

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q5471034

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