FORT POINT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
One of the Golden Gate National Parks
This Civil War-era fortress kept an unwavering vigil over the golden gateway for more than a century, but no enemy ever challenged its might. With its brick casemates, grand arches, and spiral stairways, Fort Point was called by Joseph Strauss, chief engineer during the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, "One of the most perfect models of the mason's art in America."
Sent by Rachel from Tennessee, USA.
From its vantage point overlooking the spectacular Golden Gate, Fort Point defended the San Francisco Bay following California's Gold Rush through World War II. Its beautifully arched casemates display the art of 3rd system brick masonry and interacts gracefully with the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Fort has been called "the pride of the Pacific," "the Gibraltar of the West Coast," and "one of the most perfect models of masonry in America." When construction began during the height of the California Gold Rush, Fort Point was planned as the most formidable deterrence America could offer to a naval attack on California. Although its guns never fired a shot in anger, the "Fort at Fort Point" as it was originally named has witnessed Civil War, obsolescence, earthquake, bridge construction, reuse for World War II, and preservation as a National Historic Site (read more).
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