Fort Santa Agueda
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Fort Santa Agueda | |
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| Location | Guam Highway 7, Hagåtña (Agana), Guam |
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| Coordinates | 13°28′25″N 144°44′52″E / 13.47361°N 144.74778°ECoordinates: 13°28′25″N 144°44′52″E / 13.47361°N 144.74778°E |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | c.1800 |
| Governing body | State |
| NRHP Reference # | 74002301[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 1974 |
Fort Santa Agueda, on Guam Highway 7 in Hagåtña (Agana), Guam, dates from about 1800, during the 1784-1802 administration of Spanish governor Manuel Moro. It was an uncovered fort with a manposteria parapet, rising about 10 feet (3.0 m) above a sloping hillside. It is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, with significance as "the only remaining fortification of the Spanish Era left in the Agana area."[1][2]
According to its NRHP nomination, it was mentioned in 1802 by an officer of an American whaler ship, who recorded that the fort had seven guns and ten men, and that it fired a salute when the governor entered a new church in Agana. Russian Otto von Kotzebue, in 1917, noted that it "had only a few guns and no powder and surmised it was built to restore peace in case of a civil disturbance." It was in ruins by 1887. It was used by Americans as a signal station until 1933. It was converted to a gun emplacement by the Japanese occupiers during World War II.[2]
It became a park in 1960 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 David T. Lotz (January 8, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Santa Agueda". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1973
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