Fort Morgan Alabama

Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812. Construction was completed in 1834, and it recei…
Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812. Construction was completed in 1834, and it received its first garrison in March of the same year.
  • Location: Western terminus of AL 180 · Gasque, Alabama
  • Built: 1819–1834
  • Architect: Simon Bernard
  • Designated NHL: December 19, 1960
  • NRHP reference No.: 66000146
  • Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966

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