Fort Howard Guardhouse Side View

This is the side view of the guardhouse. You can tell where the add on have been made. I think it would have been cool to own a house that was at one time the guardhouse for Fort Howard. Zachary Taylor must have spent some time there as well.

Local news reports that the guardhouse will be restored at Heritage Hill at a cost of around $300,000 and an educational program will be developed around it.

Condemned Building

This condemned building (from 1833) is more than that. Amazingly it's a piece of history.

Part of this building is the original guardhouse of Fort Howard (Run for a time by Zachary Taylor). Apparently it's been moved once, but it's still in the Fort Howard area of Green Bay. The city issued a Raze or Repair Order in December in 2008. Since then the city has decided to remove the building (for $20,000) and turn it over to Heritage Hill Historical Site. Heritage Hill has a few other of Fort Howard's original buildings so I'm sure the building will feel right at home.