Fort Macomb

Fort Macomb
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ruins of Fort Macomb, February 2006
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Location	Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Nearest city	New Orleans
Coordinates	30°3′51″N 89°48′15″W / 30.06417°N 89.80417°W / 30.06417; -89.80417
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1820
NRHP reference No.	78001429[1]
Added to NRHP	October 11, 1978

Fort Macomb is a 19th-century United States brick fort in Louisiana, on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass.^[1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally within the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana. This community was some miles distant from the city when first built and is still distant from the main developed portion of the city.