Historic Structures Report, Part I: Castle Clinton, Castle Clinton National Monument
Pitkin TM. 1960. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Castle Clinton, Castle Clinton National Monument. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. New York, New York
Castle Clinton in Battery Park, New York City was built in the years 1808-1811, as the last of the forts on the lower end of Manhattan Island beginning with the Dutch Fort Amsterdam in 1626. It helped to defend against British attack during the War of 1812, and it later had a varied and significant history as an open-air entertainment center, concert hall, immigration station, and aquarium. This historic fort became a National Monument on July 13, 1950 and was partially restored by the National Park Service during the ensuing three years. Completion of its restoration as a fort has been approved as part of the Mission 66 program. This Historic Structures Report contains administrative, historical, and archeological data about the structure in preparation for the completion of this restoration. Includes drawings of the early plans for the fort and archeological field notes. It is recommended that Castle Clinton be restored as far as possible to its appearance at the War of 1812. Military features that were added later will be of material assistance in interpreting the history of the fort. The recommendations describe features that should be reconstructed or eliminated to support this aim.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pitkin, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 1960-05-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CACL , ELIS , HIST , NER
- Keywords
- Administration, Archaeology, Battery Park, Castle Clinton National Monument, Cultural Resources, Dutch, ehistory, Ellis Island, excavation, field notes, fort, History, Manhattan Island, Military, mission 66, New York Harbor, Restoration, Statue of Liberty, War of 1812
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000132: Castle HSinton