Fort Baldwin

Fort Baldwin Historic Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Sabino Hill, Phippsburg, Maine
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	1905 (1905)
Governing body	State
NRHP Reference #	79000166[1]
Added to NRHP	August 3, 1979

Fort Baldwin is a coastal defense land battery near the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine, United States. It was named after Jeduthan Baldwin, an engineer for the Colonial army during the American Revolution. The fort was constructed between 1905 and 1912 and originally consisted of three batteries.

• Battery Cogan with two three-inch guns. Named in honor of a lieutenant in the 5th Continental Infantry during the American Revolution. Cogan, who had also been quartermaster of the 1st New Hamsphire Regiment, died August 21, 1778.

• Battery Joseph Roswell Hawley with two six-inch pedestal guns. This battery also housed the fort's original observation station and electric equipment. Named in honor of Brigadier General Joseph R. Hawley who served with distinction during the American Civil War.

• Battery Hardman with one six-inch pedestal gun. Named in honor of a Captain in the 2nd Maryland Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution. Hardman was taken prisoner at Camden, South Carolina and died while a prisoner of war on September 1, 1780.

During World War I, Fort Baldwin and Fort Popham held a garrison of 200 soldiers including the 13th and 29th Coast Artillery.

During World War II, between 1941 and 1943, D Battery, 8th Coast Artillery protected Fort Baldwin and its Fire Control Tower that could radio the precise position of enemy vessels to batteries in Casco Bay.

The fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Sagadahoc County, Maine

References

Military installations of Maine Army Fort Baldwin Edgecomb O'Brien Gorges Knox Levett McClary Popham Preble Sullivan Reservation Bailey Island Cape Elizabeth Great Chebeague Island Jewell Island Long Island Peaks Island Air Force Base Dow (Bangor ANGB) Loring Presque Isle Station Brunswick Bucks Harbor Caribou Caswell Charleston Columbia Falls Moscow Topsham Navy Naval Air Station Brunswick Radio Station Cutler Otter Cliffs Winter Harbor Shipyard Portsmouth Prison Portsmouth Coast Guard Station Caribou Eastport Jonesport Rockland South Portland National Guard Air National Guard Base Bangor Air National Guard Station South Portland Army National Guard Camp Keyes Army National Guard Armory Bangor Belfast Calais Caribou Fort Kent Gardiner Houlton Lewiston Norway Portland Sanford Skowhegan Waterville Westbrook

Municipalities and communities of Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States County seat: Bath City Bath Towns Arrowsic Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown Phippsburg Richmond Topsham West Bath Woolwich Unorganized territory Perkins Township CDPs Bowdoinham Richmond Topsham Other village Iceboro

Coordinates: 43°45′00″N 69°47′06″W / 43.750°N 69.785°W / 43.750; -69.785