Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fort_Monroe,_Virginia,_United_States
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
historic site
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1966
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Third_System_of_US_coastal_fortifications
gptkbp:area 565 acres
gptkbp:built 1819
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:decommissioned 2011
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:National_Park_Service
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fort Monroe, Virginia, United States
gptkbp:latitude 37.0007
gptkbp:location Hampton, Virginia
gptkbp:longitude -76.3087
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:James_Monroe
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Gibraltar_of_the_Chesapeake
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:First_arrival_of_enslaved_Africans_in_English_North_America_(1619)
gptkb:Imprisonment_of_Jefferson_Davis
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 66000912
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:partOf National Historic Landmark
gptkbp:state gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:War_of_1812
gptkbp:website https://www.nps.gov/fomr/index.htm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Washington_Custis_Lee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5