Fort Gratiot Monument - Port Huron, MI
N 42° 59.729 W 082° 25.676
17T E 383602 N 4761302
Fort Gratiot Monument is a placard affixed to a stone marking the location of Fort Gratiot in Port Huron, Michigan. It was placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Waymark Code: WM1B7Q9
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2024
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9. The FORT GRATIOT MONUMENT, S. side of State St. E. of its junction with Stone St., is a one-and-a-half-ton granite slab, erected in 1881 to honor General Charles Gratiot, engineer-officer for whom the fort was named. The monument marks the site of the original fort.-Michigan: A Guide to the Wolverine State 1941
The small boulder monument was relocated in 2004 and is within a half mile of the guide. Coordinates given are for the new location. It is now just south of the Thomas Edison Depot Museum. Fort Gratiot was added to the NRHP in 1980. The text on the informational placard reads:(Note the change of spelling for Ottawa-The original DAR chapter referenced on the placard was called the Ottawawa Chapter. It disbanded in 1961. It was reorganized in 1977 as the Ottawa Chapter which is the name on the 2004 second placard explaining the location change of the monument.
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On this site stood
Fort Gratiot
Built 1814 by
Capt. Charles Gratiot
Abandoned 1879
Erected by Ottawawa Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1914