Fort Foote: Cultural Landscape Inventory, National Capital Parks East- Fort Circle Park- East
Garrison S. 2014. Fort Foote: Cultural Landscape Inventory, National Capital Parks East- Fort Circle Park- East. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 600084. NPS National Capital Region. National Capital Regional Office/ CLI Database
Fort Foote is located in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Rosiers Bluff overlooking the Potomac River. The fort is approximately 12 miles south of the U.S. Capitol and six miles north of Fort Washington, Maryland. Fort Foote is a component landscape of the Civil War Defenses of Washington. It is bordered on the west and north by the Potomac River, on the south by Fortside Drive, on the east by Fort Foote Road. Fort Foote is listed on the National Register as part of the 1974 Civil War Fort Sites nomination and the 1977 Defenses of Washington revision of the 1974 nomination. The National Register lists Fort Foote’s period of significance as 1861‑1865. The fort is listed on the National Register for its military significance. This CLI maintains that the Fort Foote cultural landscape is eligible under National Register Criteria A, C and D, and recommends expanding the period of significance to include the years 1865‑1878 and 1902‑1934. Expanding the period of significance will recognize Fort Foote’s continued importance as an active military site and model fortification until it was decommissioned in 1878, its continued use during World War I as site for military testing and training and its eventual conversion into public parkland under the management of the National Park Service in the 1930s. This CLI finds that the Fort Foote cultural landscape retains integrity from the Civil War‑era period of significance (1861‑1865), a second period of significance (1865‑78) during which the fort remained in active military service and a third period of significance (1902‑1934) dating to its use for recreational purposes by the local community, its reactivation as a World War I training site, and its eventual conversion to a public park under the management of the National Park Service. The Fort Foote cultural landscape displays the seven aspects that determine integrity as defined by the National Register of Historic Places: location, design, setting, feeling, materials, workmanship, and association through the retention of landscape characteristics and features.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Garrison, Shannon
- Date of Issue
- 2014-08-21
- Publisher
- NPS National Capital Region
- Units
- FOCI , NACE , NCR
- Keywords
- Battles in the North and the South, Civil War Defenses of Washington D.C., Defense, Expressing Cultural Values, Fort Circle Park, Fort Foote, Fortification, Historic Site, Military History, Outdoor Recreation., Recreation/ Culture, Shaping the Political Landscape, Social History, The Civil War