Fort Winthrop

Fort Winthrop
Governors Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
Late 19th-century engraving showing a view of the fort from Boston Harbor
Fort Winthrop is located in Massachusetts
Fort Winthrop
Fort Winthrop
Location in Massachusetts
Coordinates42°21′07″N 71°00′43″W / 42.35194°N 71.01194°W / 42.35194; -71.01194
TypeCoastal Defense
Site information
OwnerLogan Airport
Conditionno remains
Site history
Built1808-1812
Built byLt. Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, US Army Corps of Engineers
In use1812-1905
Demolished1905
Battles/warsWar of 1812
American Civil War
1888 map of Boston Harbor showing Governors Island before the airport was built.

Fort Winthrop, built in 1808 and named Fort Warren until 1834, was a defensive fortification in Boston Harbor named after John Winthrop, an early governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.