{"nrhp_refnum":"70000484","name":"Fort Amanda Site","other_names":["State Memorial"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"9 mi. NW of Wapakoneta on OH 198","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wapakoneta","county":"Auglaize County","state":"OH","lat":40.68137550800003,"lon":-84.26816360699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fort Amanda Site is a War of 1812 military fort site on Ohio Route 198 in Logan Township, about nine miles northwest of Wapakoneta, Auglaize County, Ohio. The fort was built in 1812-1813 and is now a state memorial park.","why_significant":"Fort Amanda was one of a system of fortified supply depots ordered by William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812. It supplied Fort Meigs and later served as a way station and hospital for troops returning from the north. The nomination argues the site is a significant part of Ohio's early military history.","narrative":"Fort Amanda was a War of 1812 supply post on the Auglaize River in Logan Township, about nine miles northwest of Wapakoneta, Ohio. Ordered by William Henry Harrison as part of a chain of fortified depots, it was begun at the end of 1812 on the site of an Indian village called Tawa Town. Col. Thomas Poague directed construction and named it for his wife, Amanda. The fort had four two-story log blockhouses joined by an eleven-foot palisade, with a large warehouse at the center. Livestock was butchered and provisions stored until spring thaw allowed shipment downstream to Fort Meigs. After the American victories of 1813, the fort became a way station for returning troops, and about 75 men who died of wounds or disease at its hospital were buried nearby. Abandoned in 1814, its buildings sheltered the area's first settlers in 1817. Nothing original survives, but a stone obelisk and headstones mark the state-owned memorial.","period_of_significance":"1813","architect_builder":"Built under the direction of Col. Thomas Poague","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"None of the original fort structure remains; a 50-foot stone obelisk erected by the State of Ohio in 1915 marks the site, which is a public park owned by the State of Ohio.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:08.928518-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/70000484.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986785","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/auglaize-county/fort-amanda-site-70000484/"}