Baker College of Port Huron, Michigan, has given $10,000 to the project as they are building student housing on what was once the Fort Gratiot Military Reservation. Overall, the project had raised $41,000 and it is expected another $10-12,000 will be needed to complete it.
The fort was built in 1814 and engineered by Charles Gratiot. After it was abandoned by the Army for awhile, it was reopened during the Winnebago War of 1827 and it also experienced the start of the cholera epidemic of 1832.
Several officers who later achieved fame during the Civil War were posted there over the years leading to the war. Probably the most famous was Army of the Potomac commander George Gordon Meade, the victor at the Battle of Gettysburg.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Exterior Work on Fort Gratiot Hospital Nearly Completed-- Part 1
From the April 14, 2015, Times Herald by Bob Gross.
The building is now sheathed in a moisture barrier of what is considered the oldest wooden structure in St. Clair County which is now nearing restoration. Its windows are being made and the front porch is being constructed.
The work is being overseen by the Fort Gratiot Hospital Heritage Committee.
The hospital was built in 1829 and had space for the post surgeon and a hospital ward. After the fort was finally shut down in 1879, it was moved and split in two. It was then located on St. Clair Street.
Port Huron bought the two houses were bought by Port Huron in 2002 and reunited them at the city's Lighthouse Park adjacent to the Fort Gratiot Light Station County Park.
--Brock-Perry
The building is now sheathed in a moisture barrier of what is considered the oldest wooden structure in St. Clair County which is now nearing restoration. Its windows are being made and the front porch is being constructed.
The work is being overseen by the Fort Gratiot Hospital Heritage Committee.
The hospital was built in 1829 and had space for the post surgeon and a hospital ward. After the fort was finally shut down in 1879, it was moved and split in two. It was then located on St. Clair Street.
Port Huron bought the two houses were bought by Port Huron in 2002 and reunited them at the city's Lighthouse Park adjacent to the Fort Gratiot Light Station County Park.
--Brock-Perry
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