Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark District | |
40°26′41″N 73°59′44″W / 40.44472°N 73.99556°W / 40.44472; -73.99556 | |
Area | 4,584 acres (1,855 ha) |
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Built | 1859 (1859) |
Built by | United States Army |
NRHP reference No. | 80002505[1] |
NJRHP No. | 2024[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 24, 1980 |
Designated NHLD | December 17, 1982[3] |
Designated NJRHP | October 3, 1980 |
Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that includes Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground on Sandy Hook in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 24, 1980 and designated a National Historic Landmark on December 17, 1982.[1][3] It is part of Gateway National Recreation Area, administered by the National Parks of New York Harbor office of the National Park Service.
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Sandy Hook Proving Ground was founded in 1874 for the testing and development of artillery. It served in this role until 1918-19, a period which included the nation's rise to a position of global power. Weapons developed here were deployed for use both as coastal defenses elsewhere in the United States, and by the United States Army for field use. Surviving buildings associated with its use include test batteries, magazines, and a gun park, as well as bombproof observation structures and target platforms. The Sandy Hook property also includes an early life saving station built by the United States Life-Saving Service (a predecessor to the United States Coast Guard), and the 1764 Sandy Hook Light, the nation's oldest working lighthouse.[4]
Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock is the name given to the series of coastal defenses located at Sandy Hook. As it overlooks the approaches to New York Harbor, the area has been of military importance since colonial days, and has been home to a succession of defense establishments. Most of the surviving structures date to the Endicott Period beginning in the 1890s, when the area was formally named Fort Hancock. Earlier surviving structures include a single bastion from a fort dating to the period of the American Civil War. Completed in 1868, the fort was declared obsolete in the 1890s and most of it was torn down to reuse its stone. Although most of the surviving structures at the fort date to before World War II, the grounds also includes a Nike missile site from the 1950s Cold War period.[4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. December 16, 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-06.
- ^ a b "New Jersey National Historic Landmarks" (PDF). National Park Service.
- ^ a b "NHL nomination for Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
External links
- Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground National Historic Landmark, NPS
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