Fort Ontario State Historic Site - View this location on map Visitors to Fort Ontario State Historic Site today will see the star-shaped fort restored to its 1868-1872 appearance. An orientation exhibit in the Enlisted Men's Barracks tells the fascinating history of the fort and together with costumed interpreters, recreates the lives of the officers, the enlisted men, their families, and civilians at Fort Ontario between May 1868 and April 1869. Since 1755 Fort Ontario has been rebuilt, regarrisoned, and changed hands several times. Immediately following the Civil War, Fort Ontario began a period of decreased activity and improvements and additions ceased. The fort found new life between 1903 and 1905 when the United States expanded the post as part of the army's reorganization. By 1941 approximately 125 buildings stood at the site. Between 1944 and 1946 Fort Ontario was used as an emergency refugee center for victims of the Holocaust. In 1946 the fort was transferred to the State of New York. 1 East Fourth Street, Oswego, NY Cultural

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