print

LIST OF AMERICAN SEACOAST FORTIFICATIONS

Third System Forts 1820-1867

Name  -Location -Notes -current status

  • Fort Sullivan -Eastport, ME -Second System blockhouse & battery -buildings only
  • Fort Edgecomb -Wiscasset, ME -Second System blockhouse & battery -state park
  • Fort Knox -Bucksport, ME -Third System fort -state park
  • Fort Popham -Popham Beach, ME -Third System fort -state park
  • Fort Gorges -Portland, ME -Third System fort -city park
  • Fort Scammel -Portland, ME -Rebuilt Second System fort -private
  • Fort Preble -Portland, ME -Rebuilt Second System fort -college campus
  • Fort Constitution -Portsmouth, NH -Rebuilt Second System fort -state park
  • Fort McClary -Portsmouth, NH -Rebuilt Second System fort -state park
  • Unnamed (Glover) -Gloucester, MA -First System fort -city park
  • Fort Pickering -Salem, MA -First System fort ruins, -city park
  • Fort Lee -Salem, MA- First System earthworks ruins, -city park
  • Fort Sewall -Marblehead, MA -First System fort -city park
  • Fort Warren -Georges Island, MA  -Third System fort -city park
  • Fort Winthrop -Governor’s Island, MA  -Rebuilt Second System fort -destroyed
  • Fort Independence -Boston, MA -Third System fort, replaced earlier work -city park?
  • Fort at Clark’s Point -New Bedford, MA -Third System fort -city park?
  • Fort Phoenix -New Bedford, MA -battery added to Second System fort -county/city pk
  • Fort Adams -Newport, RI -Third System fort -state park
  • Fort Wolcott -Goat Island, RI -First System fort, batteries upgraded -destroyed
  • Fort Greene -Newport, RI -First System fort, batteries upgraded -destroyed
  • Barnett Point -Barnett Point, RI -Second System batteries upgraded -status unknown
  • Fort Hamilton -Rose Island, RI -Second System batteries upgraded -partial,navy land
  • Fort Trumbull -New London, CT -Third System fort -state park
  • Fort Griswold -New London, CT -battery replaced earlier work -state park
  • Fort Schuyler -Throngs Neck, NY -Third System fort -college campus
  • Fort Totten -Willet’s Point, NY -Third System fort, incomplete -City of NY park
  • Fort Hamilton -N. Narrrows, NY -Third System fort -US Army
  • Fort Lafayette -N. Narrows, NY -transitional fort -destroyed
  • Fort Tomkins -Staten Island, NY -Third System fort, replaced earlier work -national park
  • Fort Richmond -Staten Island, NY -Third System fort, replaced earlier work -national park
  • Fort Wood -Bedlow’s Island, NY -Second System fort -national park
  • Castle Clinton -Manhatten Island, NY  -Second System fort -national park
  • Castle Williams -Governor’s Island, NY – Second System fort city property
  • Fort Columbus (Jay)  -Governor’s Island, NY  Second System fort city property
  • Fort Gibson Ellis Island, NY Second System fort destroyed
  • South Battery Governor’s Island, NY First System fort city property
  • Battery Morton Staten Island, NY Second System Battery destroyed
  • Battery Hudson Staten Island, NY Second System Battery destroyed
  • Fort Ganesvoort Manhattan Island, NY Second System fort destroyed
  • North Battery Hubert Island, NY Second System battery destroyed
  • Fort at Sandy Hook Sandy Hook, NJ Third System fort, incomplete national park
  • Fort Delaware Pea Patch Island, DE Third System fort state park
  • Fort Mifflin Philadelphia, PA First System fort city park
  • Fort Carroll Baltimore Harbor, MD Third System fort private
  • Fort McHenry Fort Point, MD Second System fort national park
  • Fort Severn Annapolis, MD Second System fort destroyed
  • Fort Madison Annapolis, MD Third System battery ruins
  • Name Location Notes current status
  • Fort Washington Potomac River, MD transitional work national park
  • Fort Monroe Hampton, VA Third System fort US Army
  • Fort Calhoun (Wool) Hampton, VA Third System fort city park
  • Fort Norfolk Norfolk, VA First & Second System fort army property
  • Fort Nelson Norfolk, VA First & Second System Fort destroyed
  • Fort Macon New Bern, NC Third System fort state park
  • Fort Hampton Beaufort Inlet, NC Second System fort destroyed
  • Fort Caswell Oak Island, NC Third System fort ruins, private
  • Fort Johnson Cape Fear River, NC  Second System fort ruins, city park
  • Fort Winyaw Georgetown, SC Second System fort destroyed
  • Fort Sumter Charleston, SC Third System fort national perk
  • Fort Moultrie Charleston, SC Second System fort national park
  • Castle Pickney Charleston, SC Second System tower private
  • Fort Johnson Charleston, SC First, Second System fort ruins
  • Beaufort Battery Port Royal, SC First System battery destroyed
  • Fort Pulaski Savannah, GA Third System fort national park
  • Fort Jackson Savannah, GA Second System fort state park
  • Fort Clinch Jacksonville, FL Third System fort state park
  • Fort Marion St. Augustine, FL Spanish fort national park
  • Fort Taylor Key West, FL Third System fort state park
  • East Martello Tower Key West, FL Third System tower priv. museum
  • West Martello Tower Key West, FL Third System tower private
  • Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas, Fl Third System fort national park
  • Fort Pickens Pensacola, FL Third System fort national park
  • Fort Barrancas Pensacola, FL Third System fort, with earlier works national park
  • Advanced Redoubt Pensacola, FL Third System fort national park
  • Fort McRee Pensacola, FL Third System fort destroyed
  • Fort Morgan Mobile, AL Third System fort state park
  • Fort Gaines Mobile, AL Third System fort county park
  • Fort Massachucsetts Ship Island, MS Third System fort national park
  • Fort Pike Rigolet, LA Third System fort state park
  • Fort Wood (Macomb) Chef Menteur, LA Third System fort state property
  • Battery Bienvenue New Orleans, LA Third System battery private
  • Tower Dúpre New Orleans, LA Third System tower private
  • Tower at Proctor’s Ld   New Orleans, LA Third System tower county property
  • Fort Jackson Plaquemines, LA Third System fort county park
  • Fort St. Phillip Plaquemines, LA Spanish, Second System fort private
  • Fort Livingston Grand Terra Island, LA Third System fort county property
  • Fort on Alcatraz Is. San Francisco, CA Third System fort national park
  • Fort Point San Francisco, CA Third System fort national park

Great Lakes Forts

  • Fort Mackinac -Mackinac Island, MI -Second System fort -state park
  • Fort Wayne -Detroit, MI -Third System fort -state property
  • Fort Niagara -Lewiston, NY -First, Second, Third System fort -state park
  • Fort Ontario -Oswego, NY -Third System fort, replaced earlier work -state/county
  • Fort Montgomery -Rouses Point, NY- Third System fort ruins, -private
  • Fort Porter  -Buffalo, NY  -Third System tower  -destroyed