Fort Smallwood

CDSG REPRESENTATIVE SITE VISIT REPORT

Fort Name: Fort Smallwood

Date of Visit: 14 Oct 2006

Current Site Name:  Fort Smallwood Park

Site Use: Park

Is the Site open to the Public?:  Yes
Dates and Hours of Operation:  8:00 to 6:30 PM daily

What type of programs are offered at the Site?:
Living History:  No
Tours:  They just started a history tour of the park grounds
Museum Shop: No
Restoration Projects?: Yes-enlisted quarters being converted into a visitor center

Are there events that the Site would like to have advertised in the CDSG
Newsletter:No
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What is the overall condition of the Site?:  Improving dramatically

What is the condition of the Individual Elements?:
Batteries: Battery Hartshorne has been painted and cleaned up.
Buildings: Enlisted quarters being renovated (photos provided).
Other Elements:  No other elements survive.

What is the protective status of the Site?:
National Park: No
National Register?:  No
State or Local Historic Site?:  No  County Park
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Current Site Owner(s): Anne Arundel County Parks Department
Current Site Supervisor:  Deborah Yeater
Mailing Address: 9500 Ft. Smallwood Rd., Pasadena, MD 21122
Phone:  410-222-0087
Fax: 410-222-0083
Email:  rpyeat96@aacounty.org

Support Group: None
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Other Contacts at the Site: Matt Grey, same contact information as above.
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Is the Site or a responsible individual at the site a CDSG member?:  No

What information can the CDSG provide to the management of the site?: Already Provided information in 2005

Are there any projects at the Site that would benefit from CDSG funding?:  No

Is there anyone at the Site that would submit material for the CDSG Journal?:  Possible

Any Special Situations at the Site: (Damage, Imminent Destruction, Etc.)

If individual batteries, base-end stations, buildings, etc. are in some way significant, please indicate: The enlisted quarters was originally built in 1903.  It is a wooden structure and is probable one of the few surviving wooden buildings in the Baltimore system.  It may be one of the few wooden structures in the nation. Only one battery remains and the county has done an exceptional job at cleaning it up and making it accessible to visitors. The county has assigned full time personnel to the site and invested significant resources to clean up the park.  History tours have been started and the site personnel are looking forward to working with CDSG.  An ammunition lift was found in the battery when it was opened up last year.  Records indicate this may have been a Hodges  hand-powered hoist system.  It was removed and sent to a site in Delaware where it is to be put on display.  Parts of the tram system (track) were found during the recent demolition of another building.  The park plans to work with the historical society and renovate the barracks in keeping with the parks military history. Photos are provided.