Fort McHenry, Powder Magazine, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone Point, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Summary
Significance: This structure, built about 1800, in its original form played an important part in the bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-47
Survey number: HABS MD-197
Building/structure dates: 1799-1800
Nothing Found.
Tags
magazines military buildings
brick buildings
military art and science
campaigns and battles
war war of 1812
forts and fortifications
cannonballs
baltimore
mchenry
fort mchenry
powder
magazine
powder magazine
east fort avenue
whetstone
whetstone point
maryland
history of baltimore maryland
jack e boucher
jean foncin
historic american buildings survey
lee h nelson
photo
library of congress
Date
1930 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Foncin, Jean
Boucher, Jack E., photographer
Nelson, Lee H., historian
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
,
39.29038, -76.61219
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html