Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle


Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Casemate Fort, November 2006
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Location	Fort Hamilton, off NY 27, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°36′31″N 74°1′58″W / 40.60861°N 74.03278°W / 40.60861; -74.03278
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1825
NRHP reference No.	74001249 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 7, 1974

Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle, also known as "Old Casemate," Officers Club Bldg. #207, Sentry Booth #220, and Fort Hamilton Community Club, is a historic building located in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The old fort was designed in 1819 and built between 1825 and 1836. It is a brick and stone C-shaped structure with all walls approximately three feet thick. The building and adjoining stone walls form a type of fortification known as a "walled enceinte".^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ A.D. Griswold (June 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-02-20.

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