Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: The pentagonal fort is the most important, least changed, surviving feature of the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. The sally port, casemates, and guard rooms were built after the bombardment, and are interesting as functional adjuncts to the needs of a military installation.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47

Survey number: HABS MD-63

Building/structure dates: 1835 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1798

Building/structure dates: after 1861 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work

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