On This Day in History, March 9: Ft. Hamilton Casement Fort Landmarked
On March 8, 1977, the Fort Hamilton Officers’ Club was designated a landmark.
The building was constructed between 1825 and 1831 as the Fort Hamilton casement fort from which guns and cannons could be fired through embrasures. Lt. Joseph K.F. Mansfield and Maj. René E. DeRussy were in charge of construction.
It was a part of the Totten System of seacoast forts, a network of coastal fortifications in the U.S. The cornerstone was laid on June 11, 1825, and the granite structure was ready to receive its garrison when completed in 1831. The cost is estimated to have been a half-million dollars.