Fort Fremont Battery

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

[unknown]

Street Address:

Fort Fremont Road;(Beaufort County)

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Site Number:

389-021

Control Number:

U/13/389-021

Tax Number:

R300 035 00A 0318 000

Date Surveyed:

July 3 1997

Category:

Structure

Construction Date:

circa 1900

Alteration Date:

circa 1921

Historic Use:

Defense

Current Use:

Vacant/Not In Use

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

masonry

National Register Determination:

determined eligible/owner objection

Signficant Architectural Features:

Large concrete fort on the bank of the Beaufort River where it meets the Broad River. Three circular gun pits behind concrete wall. Top of the wall is flush with the ground, which then slopes down to the river bank.

Alterations:

Guns removed.

Historical Information:

Built for use in the Spanish American War, 1899. Deactivated 1921.

Source of Historical Information:

Cole, Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, p. 65

Quadrangle Name:

Parris Island

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