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May 20th, 2006, 09:13 AM
ROUSES POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- A Civil War-era fort is for sale on eBay. Fort Montgomery, built in 1844, was manned during the war but never saw any action.
"This is the first time it's been formally for sale," said Victor Podd of Boca Raton, Fla., whose family has owned the fort for 23 years.
The limestone fort sits on a Lake Champlain island in northern New York and is connected to the mainland by a 700-foot causeway. The full package offered on the auction Web site includes 6,900 feet of lake frontage and 279 acres on the adjacent mainland.
As of Saturday, the top bid for the property was $1 million.
Source of the article (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HISTORIC_FORT_SALE?SITE=VAROA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
Ebay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/Fort-Montgomery-Rouses-Point-Lake-Champlain-NY_W0QQitemZ4461014825QQcategoryZ15841QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
As of 05/20/06 @ 08:12, the highest bid is $1,500,000.00.
"This is the first time it's been formally for sale," said Victor Podd of Boca Raton, Fla., whose family has owned the fort for 23 years.
The limestone fort sits on a Lake Champlain island in northern New York and is connected to the mainland by a 700-foot causeway. The full package offered on the auction Web site includes 6,900 feet of lake frontage and 279 acres on the adjacent mainland.
As of Saturday, the top bid for the property was $1 million.
Source of the article (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HISTORIC_FORT_SALE?SITE=VAROA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)
Ebay auction (http://cgi.ebay.com/Fort-Montgomery-Rouses-Point-Lake-Champlain-NY_W0QQitemZ4461014825QQcategoryZ15841QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting)
As of 05/20/06 @ 08:12, the highest bid is $1,500,000.00.