Fort Livingston | |
 Fort Livingston's remaining walls | |
  Fort Livingston  Fort Livingston | |
| Location | Western end of Grand Terre Island, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA |
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| Nearest city | Grand Isle, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 29°16′23″N 89°56′43″W / 29.27304°N 89.94516°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architect | Lieut. H. G. Wright; Col. Joseph Gilbert Totten |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000925[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 30, 1974 |
Fort Livingston was a 19th-century coastal defense fort located on Grand Terre Island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The fort was named after Edward Livingston who had held positions as Mayor of New York City, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and U.S. Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson.[2] The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places[3] on August 30, 1974.[1] Original plans for the fort were prepared by Lieutenant H. G. Wright. These plans called for the fortress to be a trapeziform stronghold surrounded by a wet ditch and by outworks on the land side. The walls were constructed of cemented shell, faced with brick, and trimmed with granite.[4][5]
Fort Livingston is one of the largest coastal forts in Louisiana, and is the only fort on the Gulf of Mexico in the state. It is a classic example of American coastal forts of the first half of the 19th century. Today it is in ruins.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Fort Livingston Abandoned", The New York Times, February 17, 1889, p. 5.
- ^ "Department of Natural Resources | State of Louisiana" (PDF).
- ^ "Fort Livingston" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 27, 2018. with three photos Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ J. Richard Sherikel, Bethlyn McCloskey, Betsy Swanson (March 28, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Fort Livingston". National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) With 11 photos from 1974.