Description: Fort Crown Point was constructed in 1759 adjacent to Lake Champlain, in Northern New York, on the border with what would later become Vermont. The fort is often incorrectly referred to as “Fort Amherst”, as the facility was constructed under the command of Sir Jeffery Amherst of England. However, this name was never used until far after the fort was abandoned in 1780. The best-preserved remains of the fort are its stone barracks. Fort Crown Point was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1968. The fort was also visited by various Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.