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Cavallo Point at Fort Baker. Cavallo Point is a conference center or hotel in Marin County, California. It is located within Fort Baker in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is also known as the Lodge at the Golden Gate. [1] [2] It includes building(s) built in 1901, in Colonial Revival style. [3]
In 1890 plans were drawn up for modern "Endicott Type" coastal artillery batteries to be built from Point Cavallo to Point Bonita. Four batteries were completed by 1901: Batteries Spencer, Kirby, Duncan, and Orlando Wagner. [5] In 1897 a tent camp was established where the present Main Post is today, and the reservation was renamed "Fort Baker".
The Lime Point Tract Reservation is a historic name for Fort Baker, which became the new name in 1897. [2] The NRHP listing included one contributing building, 14 contributing structures and three contributing sites, with an area of 25 acres (10 ha). [1] Cavallo Point, now a conference center or hotel, is included.
Conference center facilities are located in former military buildings maintained by the Point Bonita YMCA, NatureBridge, and the Headlands Center for the Arts. The Cavallo Point conference center is in East Fort Baker on the eastern side of the peninsula. Other areas within Marin Headlands include Kirby Cove, Rodeo Lagoon, and Tennessee Cove.
Pass Cavallo, alternately known as Cavallo Pass, is one of five natural water inlets which separate the Gulf of Mexico and Matagorda Bay, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] Matagorda Island Lighthouse was originally built on this site. [2] During the Civil War, Pass Cavallo was a major port of entry and was captured by the Union. [3]
Leonardo da Vinci's study in silverpoint for The Horse, c. 1488 [1] Study in silverpoint for the monument (abandoned design), c. 1490 [2]. Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro, but never completed.
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John Horse, Black Seminole leader. John Horse (c. 1812–1882), [1] also known as Juan Caballo, Juan Cavallo, John Cowaya (with spelling variations) and Gopher John, [2] was a man of mixed African and Seminole ancestry who fought alongside the Seminoles in the Second Seminole War in Florida.