Fort Clinch

Fort Clinch
Fort Clinch aerial view, October 2003
LocationAmelia Island, Nassau County, Florida
Coordinates30°42′16.88″N 81°27′16.06″W / 30.7046889°N 81.4544611°W / 30.7046889; -81.4544611
Built1847-1869
Architectural styleBrick Masonry
Visitation167,000 (an average year)
NRHP reference No.72000343[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1972

Fort Clinch is a 19th-century masonry coastal fortification, built as part of the Third System of seacoast defense conceived by the United States. It is located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island in Nassau County, Florida. The fort lies to the northeast of Fernandina Beach at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound, in the northeast part of the state. Today it is included within the boundaries of Fort Clinch State Park.

  1. ^ "National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Nassau County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-02-20.