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Old Fort Park Archeological Site

Coordinates: 29°1′37.83″N 80°55′20.37″W / 29.0271750°N 80.9223250°W / 29.0271750; -80.9223250
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Old Fort Park Archeological Site
Foundation of Turnbull Palace in Fort Park
Old Fort Park Archeological Site is located in Volusia County
Old Fort Park Archeological Site
LocationNew Smyrna Beach, Florida
Coordinates29°1′37.83″N 80°55′20.37″W / 29.0271750°N 80.9223250°W / 29.0271750; -80.9223250
MPSArcheological Resources of the 18th-Century Smyrna 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 reconstructed in the beginning of the 18th Century by the Jorora Indians.[2]

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]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 7/07/08 through 7/11/08
  2. ^ Luis, Arredondo, Antonio De ; Gómes, José (1914), English: Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. "Es copia conforme con el original existente en este Archivo General de Indias. Est 86-C[?] 5-L[?] 24. Sevilla y mayo 16 de 1914." LC Luso-Hispanic World, 831 Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault, retrieved 2020-10-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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.