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- Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD
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- Fort Washington, Fort, 13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington Forest, Prince George's County, MD
Description
Fort Warburton; l'Enfant, Pierre; Armistead, Walker; Haskins, Joseph A; Bittner, Brian, field team; Harrington, Brian, field team; Maksay, Adam, field team; McFarlane, Devroy, field team; Mui, Helen, field team; Snoap, Matt, field team; Price, Virginia Barrett, transmitter; Vazquez, J Raul, photographer; Schara, Mark, photographer; Harrell, Greg, photographer; Schara, Mark, delineator; Vazquez, J Raul, delineator; Harrell, Greg, delineator; Hutto, Frank, delineator; Padgett, Anthony, delineator; Hernandez, Naomi, delineator; Ayor, Angel, delineator; Boucher, Jack, photographer; Davis, Judy, photographer
Depicted place Maryland; Prince George's County; Fort Washington Forest
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS MD,17-FOWA,5-50
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Fort Washington's predecessor, Fort Warburton, was completed in December 1809 to guard the Potomac River entrance to the Capital City. During the War of 1812, on August 27, 1814, it was destroyed by its garrison to prevent the capture of its equipment and munitions by enemy forces. In less than two weeks Major Pierre L'Enfant was hired by the U.S. government to clear the remains and to construct new defenses, to be named Fort Washington. L'Enfant worked on them briefly before he was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Walker Armistead, chief engineer of the Alexandria District, who completed the new fort on October 2, 1824. The fort was remodeled during the 1840's to correct deficiencies in the original design. During the Civil War, it was held by Union forces under the command of Captain Joseph A. Haskins. It was the only garrison for the National Capital until a circle of forts was built around the city in the 1860's. From 1875 to 1921 it was a military post and headquarters for the defenses of the Potomac. Until 1939 the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry, and the Honor Guard for the Military District of Washington were stationed at the fort. During World War II, the fort was the home of the Officer's Candidate School of the Adjutant General's Corps. From 1944 until 1946, it was a Veteran's Administration Hospital. In 1946, the fort was turned over to the Department of the Interior for use as a park.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N264
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N691
  • Survey number: HABS MD-307-D
  • Building/structure dates: 1809 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1814 Demolished
  • Building/structure dates: 1824 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1840- before. 1850 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md1313.photos.380246p
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Object location38° 42′ 52.99″ N, 76° 58′ 55.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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