{"nrhp_refnum":"70000509","name":"Fort Recovery Site","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"OH 49","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Recovery","county":"Mercer County","state":"OH","lat":40.41402293500005,"lon":-84.78080891999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Site of Fort Recovery, an 18th-century U.S. Army fort on Ohio Route 49 in Fort Recovery, Mercer County, Ohio, built in 1793-94 under General Anthony Wayne on the ground of St. Clair's 1791 defeat. It is now a state memorial with reproduction blockhouses.","why_significant":"The site marks two important battles of the Indian Wars in the Northwest Territory: St. Clair's defeat in 1791 and the 1794 attack on Wayne's fort. Both were important to the outcome of the wars in Ohio. The site serves as a memorial to the U.S. Armies under St. Clair and Wayne.","narrative":"Fort Recovery Site, on Ohio Route 49 in Mercer County, preserves the ground where two significant frontier battles took place. On November 4, 1791, an army under General Arthur St. Clair suffered the worst defeat in its history at the hands of forces led by Little Turtle and Blue Jacket. Two years later General Anthony Wayne sent Major Henry Burbeck to build a strong fort on the spot. Its design had four blockhouses, each 20 feet square, joined by pickets, and a second story was later added to each. In 1794 an Indian army attacked the fort and a supply convoy, and the fighting ended on July 1. Wayne went on to win at Fallen Timbers and to witness the Treaty of Greeneville in 1795. No original structures survive, but two reproduction blockhouses, markers and a museum built in the 1930s remain. The site is owned by the State of Ohio and The Ohio Historical Society, open to the public, and serves as a memorial to both battles.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (specific dates 1791 & 1793)","architect_builder":"Major Henry Burbeck, sent by General Anthony Wayne to construct the fort","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"No original fort structures remain; two reproduction blockhouses, markers and a 1930s museum are present. The area is open to the public and administered by The Ohio Historical Society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.345786-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/70000509.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000509/1f4e150fb1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000509/1f4e150fb1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Recovery_site.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Recovery_site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990277","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Recovery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5471897"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mercer-county/fort-recovery-site-70000509/"}