Historic Forts in Massachusetts

38 forts across 6 eras · 1 still active military base today.

Quick Statistics

38

Total forts

6

Eras represented

1

Active bases today

21

Open to visitors

36

Coastal defense

Forts by Era

American RevolutionMost common16 · 42%

Spanish-American War & Coastal Defense7 · 18%

Civil War7 · 18%

War of 18124 · 11%

World War II3 · 8%

Colonial Era1 · 3%

Map of Forts in Massachusetts

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All Forts in Massachusetts

American Revolution, War of 1812Acushnet FortNew Bedford · est. 1776 American Revolutionary WarBeverly FortBeverly · est. 1775 American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American WarCow FortMarblehead · est. 1775 World War I, World War II, Cold WarEast Point Military ReservationNahant · est. 1917 American Civil WarEastern Point FortGloucester · est. 1863 American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, American Civil WarFort AndrewPlymouth · est. 1776 World War I, World War IIFort AndrewsPeddocks Island, Boston Harbor · est. 1897 American Civil WarFort at Salisbury PointSalisbury · est. 1863 World War I, World War II, Cold WarFort BanksWinthrop · est. 1891 World War IIFort DawesDeer Island, Winthrop/Boston · est. 1942 War of 1812, American Civil WarFort DefianceGloucester · est. 1794 World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, War in Afghanistan, Iraq War🪖 Active BaseFort DevensAyer, Shirley, and Harvard · est. 1917 World War IIFort DuvallHull · est. 1927 American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American WarFort GloverMarblehead · est. 1775 World War I, World War II, Cold WarFort HeathWinthrop Highlands · est. 1898 Revolutionary War, Civil WarFort IndependenceBoston · est. 1634 American Revolutionary WarFort JuniperSalem · est. 1775 American Revolutionary WarFort LeeSalem, Massachusetts · est. 1776 American Revolution, War of 1812, American Civil WarFort MillerMarblehead · est. 1629-1632 American Revolutionary WarFort NicholsAmesbury · est. 1775 American Revolutionary War, War of 1812Fort PhilipNewburyport · est. 1776 American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, American Civil WarFort PhoenixFairhaven · est. 1775 Anglo-Dutch Wars through World War IIFort PickeringSalem · est. 1643 American RevolutionFort RevereHull · est. 1776 Civil WarFort RidiculousProvincetown · est. 1863 American Civil WarFort RodmanNew Bedford · est. 1857 World War IIFort RuckmanNahant · est. 1924 Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil WarFort SewallMarblehead · est. 1644 World War I and World War IIFort StandishLovell's Island, Boston · est. 1907 World War I, World War II, Cold WarFort StrongLong Island, Boston Harbor · est. 1899 Civil WarFort UselessProvincetown · est. 1863 Civil WarFort WarrenBoston · est. 1833 American Revolutionary WarFort WashingtonCambridge · est. 1775 War of 1812, American Civil WarFort WinthropBoston Harbor, Governors Island · est. 1808 War of 1812Gilbert Heights FortMarblehead · est. 1813 Civil WarLong Point BatteryProvincetown · est. 1863 War of 1812Old Stone FortRockport · est. 1814 American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, American Civil WarStage FortGloucester · est. 1635

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