Fort Boreman

Fort Boreman
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A view of the hill that makes up the former Fort Boreman
Location	Fort Boreman Drive, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°15′41″N 81°34′6″W / 39.26139°N 81.56833°WCoordinates: 39°15′41″N 81°34′6″W / 39.26139°N 81.56833°W
Area	12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built	1863
NRHP Reference #	02001690[1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 2003

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.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Gail Lynn Walls, Patricia Miller and J.T. Sutton (May 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Boreman" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.