Fort McHenry Comprehensive Plan: Fabric Analysis and Treatment Recommendations
Grieves Worrall Wright & O'Hatnick, Robert Silman Assoc., P.C., Trostel MF. 1992. Fort McHenry Comprehensive Plan: Fabric Analysis and Treatment Recommendations. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center Eastern Team, Falls Church, Virginia
Constructed between 1798 and 1800, Fort McHenry is a bastioned pentagon fort built to defend the Baltimore Harbor. In the War of 1812, the Fort withstood British bombardment during the Battle of Baltimore, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner, national anthem of the United States. The Fort would later serve as a military prison during the Civil War, army hospital in World War I, and Coast Guard base in World War II. A professional team including architects, historic architects, and structural engineers spent nine months analyzing the physical conditions of the buildings and retaining walls at Fort McHenry to produce this report. Placing particular emphasis on the masonry surfaces was mandated at the commencement of the investigations. A priority list of items requiring immediate attention is included as part of the overall recommendations. These areas were found to be in a state of current and progressive deterioration and in several cases approaching structural failure. Work immediately necessary includes the rebuilding of masonry walls, the repair and repainting of existing masonry, and the provision for waterproofing and installing drainage outside seven underground masonry chambers originally used as bombproofs and magazines.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Grieves Worrall Wright & O'Hatnick; Robert Silman Assoc., P.C.; Trostel, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 1992-09-01
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOMC , NER
- Keywords
- bastioned pentagon, Civil War, fort, magazine, military, Star Fort, War of 1812, World War I, World War II