Fort Porter

The fort was considered the largest masonry "blockhouse" ever built; it burned in November 1863.

In 1917, it was reactivated again for World War I and used as U.S. Army Base Hospital 23 until the unit shipped out.

At the end of World War I, it was used as U.S. General Hospital 4 for returning wounded.

In 1926, the property was sold to provide approaches to new Peace Bridge at Front Park and all evidence was removed.

[1] A boulder dedicated in 1899, as a token of the city's esteem for the regiment, was removed to a place outside the Buffalo History Museum.