{"nrhp_refnum":"11000971","name":"Lake George Battlefield Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"139 Beach Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake George","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.419248188500035,"lon":-73.70496303396924,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Aboriginal","Military","Social History","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 118-acre lakefront park district at the southern end of Lake George, in the village of Lake George, Warren County, New York, assembled by New York State between 1896 and 1965. It combines Lake George Battlefield Park, Lake George Battleground Campground and Lake George Beach State Park.","why_significant":"The district preserves archaeological remains of mid-eighteenth-century British military occupations, including the 1759 Fort George bastion, 1757-58 entrenchments, barracks and hospital foundations, and a 1758 dock, along with sites tied to the Revolutionary War era. It also holds monuments and markers, and records an early state effort to protect historic battlefields and provide public recreation. The form certifies significance at the statewide level.","narrative":"Lake George Battlefield Park Historic District covers 118 acres at the southern tip of Lake George, in Warren County, New York. New York State bought and developed the land between 1896 and 1965 to protect sites linked to the region's early military history and to give the public a place to recreate. The district includes the earthen and stone bastion of Fort George from 1759, surviving entrenchments from 1757 and 1758, foundations of barracks and a hospital, hut sites, a lime or brick kiln, and a submerged 1758 dock. Excavations in 2000 and 2001 recovered British ceramics, musket parts and regimental buttons, some tied to the Revolutionary War. The park also holds statues, plaques, markers and two mid-nineteenth-century farm buildings adapted for park use. Today it operates as public land with a beach, campground, picnic grounds and trails. The district contains 39 contributing resources.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James Montresor, British military engineer, involved in the design and construction of the Fort George bastion","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Maintained as public recreation land with a beach, boat launch, campground, picnic grounds, hiking trails, bike paths and parking areas.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.872319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000971.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000971/7b588b9545-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000971/7b588b9545-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_George_Battlefield_State_Park_sign.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_George_Battlefield_State_Park_sign.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322778","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_George_Battlefield_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091848"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/lake-george-battlefield-park-historic-district-11000971/"}