The fort was torn down in 1790 and the Government House, intended as the presidential residence, was built on the site.
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The building of the fort commenced in 1625, under the direction of Willem Verhulst, the second director of the New Netherland colony and his chief engineer Cryn Fredericks.
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Around 1620, the Dutch East India Company contacted the English architect Inigo Jones asking him to design a fortification for the harbor.
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The Walloon families had originally arrived at Noten Island (Governors Island) across from Fort Amsterdam in the Upper New York Bay, They had been sent south in order to begin the population of the province of New Netherland.