Spanish Fort (New Orleans)

Fort St. John
Ruins of the Spanish Fort
Spanish Fort (New Orleans) is located in New Orleans
Spanish Fort (New Orleans)
Spanish Fort (New Orleans) is located in Louisiana
Spanish Fort (New Orleans)
Spanish Fort (New Orleans) is located in the United States
Spanish Fort (New Orleans)
LocationBayou St. John off Allen Toussaint Boulevard., New Orleans, Louisiana
Coordinates30°1′20″N 90°5′0″W / 30.02222°N 90.08333°W / 30.02222; -90.08333
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1808
NRHP reference No.83000530[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 1983
Fort St. John and Fort St. Charles, north and east of New Orleans respectively[2]

Spanish Fort, also known as Old Spanish Fort, Fort St. Jean, and Fort St. John (Spanish: Fuerte de San Juan del Bayou), is a historic place in New Orleans, Louisiana, formerly the site of a fort and later an amusement park.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 1028. ISBN 9780788432514.