Fort Plain Museum & Historical Park
389 Canal Street
Fort Plain, New York
(518) 993-2527
fortplainmuseum.org/
The Fort Plain Museum began operation in 1961 as the Fort Plain Restoration with an emphasis on rebuilding Revolutionary War Fort Plain. The Museum is located in the Village of Fort Plain and Town of Minden. The village of Fort Plain was originally named after the fort, an important military outpost in the Revolutionary War. Research is again underway focusing on the fort’s role in American history as the defender of the Mohawk Valley.
Fort Plain Free Library
19 Willett St.
Fort Plain, NY 13339-1130
County: Montgomery
Phone: (518) 993-4646
fortplainfreelibrary.org
Images from the library’s Erie Canal and Clinton Liberal Institute Collections. The collections illustrate how crucial the Canal was in the history of the village of Fort Plain and shares some of the many images and artifacts that the library has on permanent display relating to the coeducational, military preparatory school that existed in the village at the latter half of the nineteenth century.