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Fort Macomb

  • Address: Chef Menteur Hwy
  • Vicinity: US 90 E of Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge on Chef Menteur Pass waterway
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Fort Macomb
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1820/00/00
1861/01/08 Louisiana governor, Thomas Overton Moore, orders the Louisiana militia to seize the Federal arsenal at Baton Rouge, Fort Jackson, Fort St Philip, Fort Pike, the New Orleans Barracks and Fort Macomb. Beginning of the American Civil War

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Particulars for Fort Macomb:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Structure Type Fortification
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 78001429
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Significant Year: c 1820
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Fortification
Current Function: Unknown
Current Sub-Function:

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