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Fort Hamilton, New York: Historic Landscape Inventory

A. Smith / S. K. Loechl

This report provides historical context for Fort Hamilton at Brooklyn, New York that emphasizes historical changes in its landscape. The goal was to identity the different stages of landscape change as defined by military mission and historical process. This enabled the establishment of accurate historic district boundaries and provided guidance for the development of a historic landscape management plan. The site is associated with important historical events of the region. Today, it is the military's only installation in the New York metropolitan area. As an urban installation, it is surrounded on three sides by one of the most densely populated cities in the United States. and on the fourth by water. Because of the inevitable urban development, much of the historic fabric has been lost. The Historic Fort area was identified as the only significant historic landscape at Fort Hamilton and is potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. This report also completes a future inventory need stated in the Fort Hamilton Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan for Historic Landscapes. Through the use of published materials, historical documents, photographs, and maps, this report reconstructs the landscape of Fort Hamilton.