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Park, Port Huron, since 1814

Fort Gratiot

Still standing, photographed 2025

Former location of Fort Gratiot (Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1814
Standing
212 years

Fort Gratiot has stood on Thomas Edison Parkway along the St. Clair River[5] in Port Huron since 1814, 212 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Fort Gratiot

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Park in Port Huron, Michigan in 2025 Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Fort Gratiot from the northwest, 1920 Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrance to Fort Gratiot, residence square, 1920 Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

Fort Gratiot opened in 1814, when Michigan was still a young state of farms, mills and river landings.

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1980.

Go see it at Thomas Edison Parkway along the St. Clair River[5]. Photos never get the scale right.

Fort Gratiot was an American stockade fort in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, in Saint Clair County, Michigan. The former location of the fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1814 Built
  2. 1980 Listed on the National Register April 14, 1980
  3. 2026 Today 212 years and still standing

Where it is

Thomas Edison Parkway along the St. Clair River[5], Port Huron

On this map

  1. Fort Gratiot This place
  2. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot 0.3 mi
  3. Huron (lightship) 0.4 mi
  4. Ladies of the Maccabees Building 0.8 mi
  5. Fort Gratiot Lighthouse 0.8 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

Around the block

Photo credits

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  1. Former location of Fort Gratiot (Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Park in Port Huron, Michigan in 2025 Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Fort Gratiot from the northwest, 1920 Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Entrance to Fort Gratiot, residence square, 1920 Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.