Fort Barry

Fort Barry
Marin Headlands,California in United States
September 2012
Fort Barry is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Fort Barry
Fort Barry
Fort Barry is located in California
Fort Barry
Fort Barry
Fort Barry is located in the United States
Fort Barry
Fort Barry
Coordinates37°49′41″N 122°31′30″W / 37.828°N 122.525°W / 37.828; -122.525
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army
Coast Artillery Corps[1]
Site history
Built1898 (1898)[1]
Fatetransferred to the
National Park Service[2]

Fort Barry is a former United States Army installation on the West Coast of the United States, located in the Marin Headlands of Marin County, California, north of San Francisco. Opened 116 years ago in 1908, the fort was part of the Coast Artillery Corps and operated throughout the 20th century, before its closure and eventual transfer to the National Park Service.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Chappell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Fort Barry". National Park Service. 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.