Fort Boreman Explained

Fort Boreman
Location:	Fort Boreman Drive, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates:	39.2614°N -81.5683°W
Built:	1863
Builder:	Co. A, 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Added:	April 17, 2003
Refnum:	02001690

Fort Boreman is a historic archaeological site encompassing a Civil War fortification located near Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1863, by Company A of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It is a series of paired, approximately four foot deep trenches encircling the top of the hill in a zigzag pattern. It was originally built to ensure that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad link between Wheeling and Parkersburg was not severed or commandeered by the Confederate army.^[1] The fort was named after Arthur I. Boreman, West Virginia's first Governor.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wood County, West Virginia

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Boreman. May 2001. 2011-09-15 . Gail Lynn Walls, Patricia Miller and J.T. Sutton. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.
2. Web site: 14 September 2015. Fort Boreman Park. https://web.archive.org/web/20210130202458/https://parkersburgcity.com/pc/services-2/parks-and-recreation/ft-boreman-park/. 2021-01-30. 2021-01-25. City of Parkersburg. dead.