Find archaeology facts, events, history of the fort, minutes from the Falls. Site of battles, sieges, trading and conquest. Preserved as it stood in the 1700's.
Old Fort Niagara
:: Old Fort Niagara :: Western New York's most popular State Historic Site, New York State Park, and National Historic Landmark
2024-06-28
Fort Niagara is the oldest continuously occupied military site in North America. In 1934, Old Fort Niagara opened as a historic site and public museum. The Fort includes the six oldest buildings in the entire Great Lakes region and serves as Western New York's only tangible link to the Revolutionary War period. Old Fort Niagara has earned distinction as a National Historic Landmark and a New York State Historical Civil Engineering Landmark. The Fort is recognized as Western New York's most popular State Historic Site, having welcomed over 7.5 million visitors.