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Fort Totten is a former active United States Army installation in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the north shore of Long Island. [3] [4] Fort Totten is at the head of Little Neck Bay, where the East River widens to become Long Island Sound. [5]
Fort Totten State Historic Site is a historic fort that sits on the shores of Devils Lake near Fort Totten, North Dakota. During its 13 years of operation as a fort, Fort Totten was used during the American Indian Wars to enforce the peace among local Native American tribes and to protect transportation routes.
Fort Totten was a medium-sized fort, a seven-sided polygon with a perimeter of 272 yards (249 m). It was located atop a ridge along the main road from Washington to Silver Spring, Maryland, about three miles (5 km) north of the Capitol, and a half-mile from the Military Asylum or Soldiers' Home, where President Abraham Lincoln spent his summers while president. [2]
Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C.. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E., Allison Street N.E., and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.
Fort Totten Park in Washington, D.C., is closed after World War I-era munitions were discovered there this spring, and park officials say there may be more.
Fort Totten Officers' Club, also known as the Castle, is a historic clubhouse located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens, New York. The officers' club was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887. It is a large Late Gothic Revival style building.
Maps of Fort Slocum; 1920 map of Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, and Fort Schuyler (PDF) Fact Sheet - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, December 2007; Fort Slocum, Davids Island - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2008-06-18; The short film Big Picture: Opportunity to Learn is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
The building was abandoned by the Army in 1974 and the property was handed over to the City of New York. The farmhouse subsequently deteriorated and was vandalized despite the founding of the Fort Totten Historic District in 1999. [2] In 2012, plans were made to renovate and stabilize the house, but as of 2018, it remains abandoned.