Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle

Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle

Casemate Fort, November 2006
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; -74.03278Coordinates: 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 #

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]

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