Fort Frederick

Near this site in 1773, the first settlers, Ira Allen and his uncle Remember Baker, built the blockhouse called Fort Frederick of hewed timbers for protection from Indians and Yorkers. It had 32 portholes, and meetings of the Proprietors of Burlington were held there between June 6, 1774, and May 1, 1775, with Ira Allen serving as clerk. Later, Allen’s house, with a large garden, stood a few rods northeast of here, and the first session of County Court was held there in November 1785. Below the falls, Allen built the schooner “Liberty.”

Winooski, Vermont · United States