Fort Greene (Newport, Rhode Island)

Fort Greene in Newport, Rhode Island was a small fort built circa 1794 at Battery Park in the Point section of Newport, last active in the War of 1812.[1] It was named for General Nathanael Greene of the Revolutionary War, who was born in Rhode Island. It was built as part of the First System of US seacoast fortifications circa 1794. The location is now Battery Park at Easton's Point (now usually called The Point), which was sometimes called North Point in the 18th century. It was on the site of a previous battery built in the American Revolution with state resources, called the North Battery.[2][3] The seawall remains from Fort Greene and is curved at this point.[4]

This article is about the fort in Newport, Rhode Island. For other uses, see Fort Greene (disambiguation).
Fort Greene
Easton's Point, Newport, Rhode Island
Fort Greene
Location in Rhode Island
Coordinates41°29′49″N 71°19′18″W
TypeCoastal Defense
Site information
OwnerCity of Newport, Battery Park
Open to
the public		yes
Site history
Builtcirca 1794
Built byUnited States Army
In usecirca 1794-1815
Materialsstone
Demolishedcirca 1820
Battles/warsWar of 1812

Fort Greene mounted approximately 12 guns and was intended to house a company of about 100 men, but was never completed.[5] The fort was described in the Secretary of War's report on fortifications for December 1811 as "an elliptical stone battery... now in a state of ruin".[6] Contemporary forts in Newport included the first Fort Adams and Fort Wolcott.[7] In the War of 1812 the fort was garrisoned by the Newport Artillery. It appears to have been abandoned at some time after that war.

See also

References
  1. Wade, pp. 57, 59
  2. Wade, p. 16
  3. North Battery at American Forts Network
  4. Fort Greene (Newport) at American Forts Network
  5. Wade, p. 57
  6. Wade, p. 243
  7. Wade, p. 59
  • Lewis, Emanuel Raymond (1979). Seacoast Fortifications of the United States. Annapolis: Leeward Publications. ISBN 978-0-929521-11-4.
  • Wade, Arthur P. (2011). Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794-1815. CDSG Press. ISBN 978-0-9748167-2-2.
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