Historic Structure Report, Administrative and Historical Data: Fort on Ship Island (Fort Massachusetts), 1857-1935
Bearss EC. 1984. Historic Structure Report, Administrative and Historical Data: Fort on Ship Island (Fort Massachusetts), 1857-1935. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Fort Massachusetts (Fort on Ship Island), structure M-1, Mississippi Unit, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Harrison County, Mississippi. Fort Massachusetts is classified as a structure of 1st Order of Significance. The masonry Third System fort, essentially completed in the years 1859-66, was the object of a major stabilization and preservation project in 1975-76. The fort is used to interpret the construction, occupation, and defense of a Third System masonry fort. A secondary theme is the use of the partially completed fort for military purposes by first Confederate and then Union forces during the Civil War. Contract No. CX-50005024 was issued on May 27, 1975, by the Contracting and Property Management Division of the Southeast Regional Office, to rehabilitate impaired finishes and structural elements that posed a hazard to the continued preservation of the fortification. Work under this contract consisted of the following: repairing damaged corbelling of cordon; resetting granite cap stones; waterproofing of the terrplein; rebuilding damaged arches of interior; grouting failure cracks; and repainting of exterior and interior walls.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bearss, Edwin
- Date of Issue
- 1984-01
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GUIS , HIST
- Keywords
- Administration, Administrative, coastal defense, Construction, Data, defense, ehistory, fort, fortifications, History, Maintenance, man-made structures, Military, Ship Island, Supervision, third system
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 007374: Fort Massachusetts (007374)