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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Joseph G Totten Architect
1818/00/00
1864/08/05 David Farragut Union Commander Union Rear Admiral David Farragut battles Confederate Admiral Franklin Buchanan at the entrance to Mobile Bay. Battle of Mobile Bay

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Particulars for Fort Gaines:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Structure Type Fortification
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Institutional housing
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Processing



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th December 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Fort Gaines
Registry Address: S of Mobile on E end of Dauphin Island
Registry Number: 76000348
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: Totten,Joseph G.
Area in Acres: 28
Contributing Buildings: 5
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1818, 1854
Historic Function: Domestic, Defense, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Processing, Fortification, Institutional housing
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Park

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