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Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL

Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns C...

Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. ... More

Fort Snelling Complex, Quarters Buildings 240-249, 253, Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

Fort Snelling Complex, Quarters Buildings 240-249, 253, Minnehaha Aven...

Significance: The Quarters buildings are historically significant to the development of the Fort Snelling military reservation prior to World War I. In this context the buildings have been included on the Nati... More

La Trinidad Counterguard, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

La Trinidad Counterguard, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Significance: It was built between 1765-83 by military engineer Thomas O'Daly, Chief of the Spanish Corps of Engineers in San Juan, represents in capsule form the solution to tactical problems presented in the ... More

Spanish-American War Fort, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Spanish-American War Fort, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Survey number: HABS FL-15-2 Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Fort Adams, Newport Neck, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Fort Adams, one of principal coastal defenses along the Atlantic, was built between 1824 and 1857, replacing Revolutionary defenses. Situated on a point at the entrance to Newport harbor, it is t... More

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...

Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...

Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More

Barnes-Mudge House, 115 East Dominick Street, Rome, Oneida County, NY

Barnes-Mudge House, 115 East Dominick Street, Rome, Oneida County, NY

Survey number: HABS NY-5509 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction

Fort Gibson, Blacksmith Shop, Garrison Avenue, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, OK

Fort Gibson, Blacksmith Shop, Garrison Avenue, Fort Gibson, Muskogee C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS OK-34-8 Building/structure dates: ca. 1845 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000631

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Routes 422, 76, & 252, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, PA

Valley Forge National Historical Park, Bounded by Schuykill River, Rou...

Significance: Valley Forge National Historic Park is a landmark in American history as the site of the Revolutionary War era winter encampment of General George Washington and the Continental Army. From Decembe... More

Old French Fort, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS

Old French Fort, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS

Significance: Sieur Jospeh de la Pointe was an Admiral in Bienville's fleet maintained on Chatahoula Lake (now called Krebs Lake) to protect Duchess de Chaumont's royal concessions at Pascagoula. In 1721 he wa... More

Fort Belknap, South on Texas Route 251, Newcastle, Young County, TX

Fort Belknap, South on Texas Route 251, Newcastle, Young County, TX

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS TX-33-D-7 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000824

Fort Logan, Blockhouse, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, MT

Fort Logan, Blockhouse, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, MT

Significance: Built in 1869-1870 as part of a military post established to protect the gold mining camps in the vicinity and the Fort Benton trade route. Fort Benton was the head of navigation on the Missouri ... More

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...

Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More

Fort Union, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora County, NM

Fort Union, State Highway No. 161, Watrous, Mora County, NM

Significance: Following the conquest of New Mexico by the U.S. in 1846, traffic along the Santa Fe Trail increased significantly. The need to provide travelers with greater protection from the Indians, along wi... More

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

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

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 bui... More

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

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, East Fort Avenue at ...

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 bui... More

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Fort Monroe, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Significance: Fort Monroe occupies a sandy projection of land in Hampton, Virginia, at the end of the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. Between this pit and the peninsula is a small inlet, Mill Cree... More

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Foundation, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Fo...

Significance: The S.C.R. 296 Station 5 Transmitter Building Foundation is important for its supporting role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. Station 5 supported the S.C.R. 296, a highly sensit... More

Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL

Survey number: HABS IL-1000 Building/structure dates: ca. 18h1 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 19t1 Demolished

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Fort Mifflin, Mud Island, Marine & Penrose Ferry Roads, Philadelphia, ...

Significance: Served as the primary fortification for the Americans in their blockade of British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777. Nearly destroyed in the British siege, Fort Mifflin was rebuilt as the first forti... More

Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI

Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More

Fort Pike, 27100 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Fort Pike, 27100 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

2014 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Fort Pike was the first of the Third System Fortifications. Considered part of the "Monroe forts of the 1st class," the fort was one of the many forts ... More