Fort Barton Site
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Fort Barton was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2]
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- Forts in Rhode Island
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- Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
- American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places