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Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center — Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center

Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center, a 4,722 sq ft visitor center in Clarksville, Tennessee, opened April 2011 with architecture by Rufus Johnson Associates and interior/exterior exhibit and graphic design by HealyKohler Design.

VenueFort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center
Project typeNew Building
StatusCompleted
Year completed2011
Technologiesinteractive AV media, film production

Credits

FirmRoleNote
rufus-johnson-associates Architecture
HealyKohler Design Exhibit Design
HealyKohler Design Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding

Description

Galleries move visitors through three eras -- Early Civil War, Union Occupied Clarksville, and Post Civil War -- combining an original film production with immersive recreations of the fort's earthworks and exterior signage interpreting the site's role defending the Cumberland River Waterway.

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