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Nutter's Battery is a scenic overlook in theNorth Woods ofCentral Park inManhattan,New York City, overlooking theHarlem Meer to the north. The battery was built during theWar of 1812 as a small part of an extensive system of fortification intended to defend against a British invasion from the north. After the war, the wall fell into ruin and eventually disappeared. The Parks Department built a low wall in 1945 to mark the spot, and theCentral Park Conservancy rebuilt the wall in 2014, adding paths and planting.[2] The battery was named afterValentine Nutter, who owned the surrounding property.[3]
According to maps and illustrations of the time, the Battery was a redoubt connected toFort Fish, by earthworks along the Old Post Road. At the line of 107th Street and Sixth Avenue (Lenox Avenue), the earthworks led to a gatehouse in the road atMcGowan's Pass. From there the earthworks continued up a rocky hill toFort Clinton.[4]
40°47′48″N73°57′10″W / 40.79657°N 73.95285°W /40.79657; -73.95285
