Fort Moultrie, West Fort Street & Central Avenue, Sullivans Island, Charleston County, SC
Summary
Significance: On this site, the first fort was the scene of an important victory during the American Revolution. The third and present fort played an important part in the attack on Fort Sumter which opened the Civil War.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-64, FN-65, FN-66
Survey number: HABS SC-196
Building/structure dates: ca. 1776 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1804 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1807 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Moultrie, William
Location
charleston county, 32.76051, -79.84376
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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