Fort Barrancas Gulf Islands National Seashore: Historic Structure Report and Historic Resource Study
Bearss EC. 1983. Fort Barrancas Gulf Islands National Seashore: Historic Structure Report and Historic Resource Study. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Fort Barrancas consists of two integrated structures: Fort Barrancas, No. FB-1, and the Fort Barrancas Water Battery (Bateria de San Antonio), No. FB-2. These structures are of First Order of Significance. Fort Barrancas and its Water Battery will be stabilized and restored to their appearance, circa 1860. In conjunction with the Redoubt, they will be employed to interpret the Third System coastal fortifications and their armament at a time when these handsome masonry structures were the Nation's first line of defense. The stabilized and restored structures will constitute an unsurpassed exhibit in place and historic structures museums for interpreting the role of masonry fortifications in the defense of harbors and naval bases from the late 1790s through the Civil War.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bearss, Edwin
- Date of Issue
- 1983-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GUIS , HIST
- Keywords
- Administration, Administrative, Construction, Data, defense, ehistory, History, Maintenance , man-made structures, Military, Ship Island, Supervision
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000526: Fort Barrancas (000526)