Photo: Harris & Ewing, photographer · Public domain · via Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
Star fort · Baltimore, United States
Fort McHenrySuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1798–1800
- Declared purpose
- Coastal fort
- Today
- Survives, national monument
- Build time
- About 2 years
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Jean Foncin, engineer: about when credited (1798, born ). Build time on record: about 2 years.All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A five-pointed star fort; it stands where an earlier earthwork fort stood.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
The five-pointed star fort whose 1814 defence inspired the Star-Spangled Banner.
Why researchers flag it
A five-pointed star fort; it stands where an earlier earthwork fort stood.
The star
A pentagonal star plan.
On an older fort
It replaced Fort Whetstone on the same point.
Questions worth asking
- Why the star geometry?
Possible original uses
- Fort
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
