Fort Hamilton, Rose Island, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Hamilton contains a mixture of military fortification buildings from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as twentieth century storage facilities and torpedo warhead arming structures. The significance of Fort Hamilton lies in both its innovative early fortification design, and its later association with the Naval Torpedo Station and the development of torpedo technology.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N925
Survey number: HAER RI-58
Building/structure dates: 1780 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1798-1800 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1869 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 01001158