Bateria de San Antonio, San Carlos & Hovey Roads, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL
Summary
Significance: This semicircular masonry fortification was designed and built as a shore battery in conjunction with Castillo de San Carlos as part of the late eighteenth century Spanish defense system of the entrance channel to Pensacola Bay from the Gulf of Mexico.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15
Survey number: HABS FL-144
Building/structure dates: 1798 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 18t3
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Pensacola Beach, 30.42131, -87.21691
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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