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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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Particulars for Fort Massachusetts:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Structure Type Fortification
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Sight Category Structure



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 21st June 1971

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Massachusetts
Registry Address: S of Gulfport on Ship Island, in Gulf Islands National Seashore
Registry Number: 71000067
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 85
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Seashore
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; State; Local
Area of Significance: Military, Engineering
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Significant Year: c 1859, c 1863
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Fortification
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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