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6559
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Fort Defiance, the Caldwell County home of Revolutionary War General William Lenoir, takes its name from a local frontier fort of the late 1700s. In 1965, the Lenoir family sold the home and all its furnishings to the Caldwell County Historical Society. Now a local historic site, the home has been restored to its 1792 appearance.
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5354
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Fort Defiance, the Caldwell County home of Revolutionary War General William Lenoir, takes its name from a local frontier fort. The state purchased the structure from the Lenoir family in the mid-1960s. Now a historic site, Fort Defiance has been restored to its 1792 appearance, complete with over 300 articles, ranging from books to furniture, originally owned by Lenoir.
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