Old Fort Park Archeological Site

The Old Fort Park Archeological Site is a historic site in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. On July 10, 2008, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Old Fort Park Archeological Site
Foundation of Turnbull Palace in Fort Park
LocationNew Smyrna Beach, Florida
Coordinates29°1′37.83″N 80°55′20.37″W
MPSArcheological Resources of the 18th-Century Smyrnea Settlement of Dr. Andrew Turnbull MPS
NRHP reference No.08000629[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 10, 2008[1]
View of the southeast corner of the Fort San Juan de Pinos as reconstucted in the beginning of the 18th Century by the Jorora Indians.[2]

This property is part of the Archeological Resources of the 18th-Century Smyrnea Settlement of Dr. Andrew Turnbull Multiple Property Submission, a Multiple Property Submission to the National Register.[1]

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View from the top of the Fort San Juan de Pinos of the approach to what have been the City of the Mosquitos (now downtown New Smyrna Beach) from Mosquito Inlet (now Ponce de Leon Inlet). Buttresses at the corners and sides of structure belie the assumption that it was originally built for anything but an above ground purpose.


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