Fort Barrancas Historical District
Also known as: Fort San Carlos de BarrancasU.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida
Photos
Fort Barrancas
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer April 1962 NORTH VIEW OF FORT BARRANCAS SHOWING BATERIA DE SAN ANTONIO IN FOREGROUND
Photo from the Historic American Buildings Survey
View photos at Library of Congress
Map
Coordinates:
+30.35149, -87.2981730°21'05" N, 87°17'53" W
Quadrangle map:Fort Barrancas
Description
The United States built this irregular four-sided fort, set within a "V" shaped counterscarp, to back up the smaller semi-circular Spanish fortification of the Bateria de San Antonio as part of the defense of the entrance channel of Pensacola Bay.
-- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS FL-143)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
- Reference number
- 66000263
- Areas of significance
- Military; Engineering; Exploration/Settlement; Politics/Government; Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Fortification; Camp
- Current function
- Park
- Periods of significance
- 1850-1874; 1800-1824; 1750-1799; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1796; 1844; 1860
- Number of properties
- Contributing structures: 3
Contributing sites: 3
Update Log
- June 19, 2018: New Street View added by Michael Miller