LIST OF AMERICAN SEACOAST FORTIFICATIONS
Third System Forts 1820-1867
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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
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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