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.Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Port Jervis
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Port Jervis, named after John Bloomfield Jervis, a prominent civil engineer who oversaw the construction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap.
Matamoras
Village
Matamoras is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,362 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost municipality of any kind in Pennsylvania.
Sparrow Bush
Hamlet
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″ northLongitude
-74.70153° or 74° 42′ 6″ westLevels
1Open location code
87H797HX+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 1095181772OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5471034
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