Fort Winthrop | |
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Governors Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts | |
Coordinates | 42°21′07″N 71°00′43″W / 42.35194°N 71.01194°W |
Type | Coastal Defense |
Site information | |
Owner | Logan Airport |
Condition | no remains |
Site history | |
Built | 1808-1812 |
Built by | Lt. Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, US Army Corps of Engineers |
In use | 1812-1905 |
Demolished | 1905 |
Battles/wars | War of 1812 American Civil War |
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.