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Fort Jay

Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the Federalist Party, New York governor, Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of State, and…

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Owner
Public – National Park Service
Added to NRHP
March 27, 1974
Built
1794, 1806, 1833
Built by
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Jonathan Williams
Condition
Good
Controlled by
United States of America

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American Revolution

Federal period

19th century and the Civil War

Division and departmental headquarters

20th century

End of military career

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Fort Jay

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples135
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
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Fort Jay

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related to American Revolution · 29
Fort Jay → Additional, American Revolution, April, At, Battle, British, British Royal Navy, Brooklyn, Dutch Noten Eylandt, East River, General George Washington's August, General Israel Putnam, Governors Island, HMS Phoenix, HMS Rose, July, Manhattan, New York, New York City, New York Harbor
related to 20th century · 27
Fort Jay → As, At, City, Customs House, Each, Elihu Root, February, Fort Columbus, Governors Island, In, Lower Manhattan, McKim, Mead, New York, New York City, New York City Subway, New York Harbor, President Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary, Root, Root's
related to End of military career · 27
Fort Jay → American, Army, Castle Williams, City, Defense, Department, First Army, First Army's, Fort Meade, Governors Island, Governors Island National Monument, Historic Places, In, In November, Maryland, National Park Service, National Register, New York, On January, Second Army
related to Federal period · 22
Fort Jay → Army Corps, British, By, Congress, Construction, Engineers, Eventually, February, Federalist New York, Governors Island, In, John Jay, Later, Major Jonathan Williams, New York, New York Harbor, Second System, State, The, United States Military Academy
related to External links · 11
Fort Jay → American Forts NetworkFort Jay/Fort, American Memory Images, Columbus, Congress, Fort Jay/Fort Columbus, FortWiki, Governors Island National MonumentForgotten, Library, Military HistoryMilitary Prison History, NYU, Park Service
is a · 2
Fort Jay → coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, oldest existing defensive structure on the island
Added to NRHP · 1
Fort Jay → March 27, 1974
Built · 1
Fort Jay → 1794, 1806, 1833
Built by · 1
Fort Jay → United States Army Corps of Engineers, Jonathan Williams
Condition · 1
Fort Jay → Good

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fort new york army island jay governors states united columbus national city war military barracks american park service post harbor

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Fort JayAdded to NRHPMarch 27, 19741.00infobox
Fort JayBuilt1794, 1806, 18331.00infobox
Fort JayBuilt byUnited States Army Corps of Engineers, Jonathan Williams1.00infobox
Fort JayConditionGood1.00infobox
Fort JayControlled byUnited States of America1.00infobox
Fort JayCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Fort JayDesignated NYCLSeptember 19, 19671.00infobox
Fort JayIn use1794–19971.00infobox
Fort JayMaterialsSandstone, Granite, Brick1.00infobox
Fort JayNRHP reference No.740012681.00infobox
Fort JayNYCL No.05431.00infobox
Fort JayOpen to the publicYes1.00infobox
Fort JayOwnerPublic – National Park Service1.00infobox
Fort JayTypeFortification1.00infobox
Fort JayVisitation126,000 (2008)1.00infobox
Fort Jayis acoastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor0.90text
Fort Jayis aoldest existing defensive structure on the island0.90text

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