Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark Nomination (Updated Documentation)
Peeling R. 2024. Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark Nomination (Updated Documentation). National Historic Landmark Nominations. 66000912_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This documented is updated National Historic Landmark (NHL) documentation for the Fort Monroe National Historic Landmark in Hampton (Independent City), Virginia. The NHL update for Fort Monroe documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1 and 4 for its longstanding role in coastal defense of the Chesapeake and mid-Atlantic seaboard, as the location of the Civil War-era Contraband Decision in 1862, and for service as the Coast Artillery School, the primary training center for Army coastal defense, from its reorganization in 1907 to 1946. Fort Monroe is further significant as the first, most elaborate, and largest of the Third System of Coastal Defense fortifications, a system flagship that long served as a key geographic location, military symbol, and as strategically adapted through successive phases of Army standardized construction and development. The property is nationally significant for the period 1819 to 1946, beginning with construction of the current Fort Monroe through its subsequent development and contribution to US military and political history, including mobilization during the Civil War and World Wars I and II. The period of national significance is 1819-1946.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Peeling, Rebecca
- Date of Issue
- 2024-12-13
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- Civil War, Coast Artillery School, Contraband Decision, Hampton, National Historic Landmark, Simon Bernard, Third System, US Army, Virginia