Fort Morgan Casemates
United States historic place in Gasque, Alabama. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812. Construction was completed in 1834, and it received its first garrison in March of the same year.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Western terminus of AL 180, Gasque vicinity, AL |
| County | Baldwin County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000146 |
| Architect | Simon Bernard |
| Type of place | military museum, artillery fort |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 2 buildings, 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Western terminus of AL 180, Gasque, AL |
| Website | fortmorgan.org/16-2 ↗ |
| Coordinates | 30.22821, -88.02300 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Gulf Islands National Seashore · 48 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000146. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.