Fort Morgan (Alabama)

Fort Morgan
Original plan for the fort, dated 1817.
Fort Morgan (Alabama) is located in Alabama
Fort Morgan (Alabama)
LocationWestern terminus of AL 180
Gasque, Alabama
Coordinates30°13′41″N 88°1′23″W / 30.22806°N 88.02306°W / 30.22806; -88.02306
Built1819–1834
ArchitectSimon Bernard
NRHP reference No.66000146
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLDecember 19, 1960[2]

Fort Morgan is a historic masonry pentagonal bastion fort at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States. Named for American Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan, it was built on the site of the earlier Fort Bowyer, an earthen and stockade-type fortification involved in the final land battles of the War of 1812. Construction was completed in 1834, and it received its first garrison in March of the same year.

Fort Morgan is at the tip of Mobile Point at the western terminus of State Route 180 (Alabama). It and Dauphin Island, on which Fort Gaines is situated, enclose Mobile Bay. The Alabama Historical Commission maintains the site.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System – Fort Morgan (#66000146)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Fort Morgan". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2007-10-28.