Fort Tompkins (Staten Island)

Fort Tompkins
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Infantry in formation for inspection in the fort's open interior parade ground, probably early 20th century

Location	Fort Wadsworth, New York City
Coordinates	40°36′00″N 74°3′40″W / 40.60000°N 74.06111°W / 40.60000; -74.06111Coordinates: 40°36′00″N 74°3′40″W / 40.60000°N 74.06111°W / 40.60000; -74.06111
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1847 (1847)
Architectural style	Stone Fortifications
NRHP Reference #	74001300^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 30, 1974

Fort Tompkins is a fort on Staten Island in New York City, within what is now Fort Wadsworth. Construction was completed in 1860. The site was first fortified with a blockhouse in 1663. During the Revolutionary War it was the site of the American redoubt Flagstaff Fort (1776). Taken by the British, it was enlarged and used until 1783. New York State started a masonry fort in 1807-1812. In the early 1840s Captain Robert E. Lee, stationed at Fort Hamilton, proposed rebuilding the Staten Island works, which was done by 1860. It controlled Forts Morton, Hudson, and Richmond (Water Battery, later Battery Weed). It is the last of four forts in the U.S. named Fort Tompkins.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes A.D. Griswold (June 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fort Tompkins Quadrangle" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01.

External links

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