Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle

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]

Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle
Casemate Fort, November 2006
LocationFort Hamilton, off NY 27, New York, New York
Coordinates40°36′31″N 74°1′58″W
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1825
NRHP reference No.74001249 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1974

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

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 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. Retrieved 2011-02-20.


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