Fort Severn

Fort Severn
Annapolis, Maryland
Fort Severn in 1853
Coordinates38°58′54″N 76°28′52″W / 38.9818°N 76.4812°W / 38.9818; -76.4812
TypeFortification
Site information
OwnerUnited States Naval Academy
Controlled byUnited States
Site history
Built1808
In use1808–1845
Demolished1909
Battles/warsNone
Fort Severn[1]

Fort Severn, in present-day Annapolis, Maryland, was built in 1808 on the same site as an earlier American Revolutionary War fort of 1776. Although intended to guard Annapolis harbor from British attack during the War of 1812, it never saw action. The United States Navy acquired Fort Severn and two other military bases from the United States Army on 19 October 1845, for the purpose of housing the new onshore United States Naval Academy. The academy used the structure for classrooms until its demolition in 1909.

  1. ^ Lossing, Benson J. (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 (PDF). New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 181.