Fort Chaplin: Cultural Landscape Inventory, National Capital Parks- East, National Park Service
Lester M. 2017. Fort Chaplin: Cultural Landscape Inventory, National Capital Parks- East, National Park Service. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 600080. NPS National Capital Regional Office. National Capital Regional Office/ CLI Database
Fort Chaplin, Reservation 609, is a 31.7-acre park located in southeast Washington, DC, approximately 3.54 miles east of the United States Capitol and approximately 3.52 miles southwest of Bladensburg, Maryland. The Fort Chaplin cultural landscape is a component landscape of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, a unit of National Capital Parks-East (NACE). Fort Chaplin is bordered on the east by Texas Avenue, SE, on the south by C Street SE, on the west by Reservation 500, and on the north by East Capitol Street. Fort Chaplin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places 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 Chaplin’s period of significance as 1861-1865, and the fort is listed on the National Register for its military significance. This CLI argues that the Fort Chaplin cultural landscape is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places Criteria A, C, and D, and that the period of significance should be expanded to include the years 1902-1939. Expanding the period of significance will recognize Fort Chaplin’s role in the development of parks and recreation in Washington, DC. This CLI finds that Fort Chaplin cultural landscape retains partial integrity from its periods of significance (1861-1865 and 1902-1939). Fort Chaplin 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
- Lester, Molly
- Date of Issue
- 2017
- Publisher
- NPS National Capital Regional Office
- Units
- NACE , NCR
- Keywords
- bombproof, City Beautiful, Civil War, Civil War Defenses of Washington, earthworks, Fort Chaplin, Fort Circle Drive, fortifications, magazine, McMillan Plan, National Capital Parks- East, National Capital Region, parapet remnat, sallyport
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 600080: Fort Chaplin