Fort Amsterdam

A map of Nieuw Netherland from 1660. Fort Amsterdam is located on the southern tip.

Fort Amsterdam (later called Fort James, Fort Willem Hendrick, Fort James (again), Fort William, Fort Anne and Fort George between British and Dutch rule) was a fort on the southern tip of modern-day Manhattan that was the administrative headquarters for the Dutch and then British rule of New York from 1625 to 1790, when it was torn down after the American Revolution.

Fort Amsterdam Media

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  Manhattan in 1660, based on the Castello Plan, with the fort on the left

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  Map of Manhattan in 1664 with the fort on the right (north is to the left)

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  View of Fort George from the harbor

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  Map of New York City, 1707

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  John Van Arsdale securing the American flag

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  The Government House, built on the site of Fort George in 1790