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Roxbury High Fort is a historic
fort A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from La ...
site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of
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. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869. The fort site was added to the
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in 1973. The site inspired the name of the Fort Hill neighborhood, which surrounds the area of the High Fort.


History

The Roxbury High Fort site once contained earthwork fortifications of the
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during the
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during the
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. At that time Roxbury was an independent town connected to
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by a narrow neck of land. The hill offered a great vantage of the entire area. In 1868 Roxbury was annexed to Boston. In 1869, the Cochituate Standpipe was built atop Fort Hill by the Cochichuate Water Company. Eventually the water tower was abandoned with other expansions to the Boston water system. By the 1960s, the tower fell into disrepair. The original cast iron balcony was removed. In the early 1980s the City of Boston restored the tower.Fort Hill tower
/ref> The area is also today known as Highland Park.


See also

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* Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Forts in Boston American Revolutionary War forts Parks in Boston Roxbury, Boston National Register of Historic Places in Boston Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts 1860 establishments in Massachusetts {{Boston-struct-stub