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Moated, six-sided, historical bastion fort in Hampton, Virginia in Hampton (Independent City), Virginia. Built 1834. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Along with Fort Wool, Fort Monroe originally guarded the navigation channel between the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads—the natural roadstead at the confluence of the Elizabeth, the Nansemond and the James rivers.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Old Point Comfort, Hampton (Independent City), VA |
| County | Hampton County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000912 |
| Built | 1834 |
| Type of place | fort, unincorporated community |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 7 buildings, 5 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Old Point Comfort, Hampton (Independent City), VA |
| Website | fortmonroe.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 37.00313, -76.30829 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Monroe National Monument · 1 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000912. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.