{"nrhp_refnum":"76001206","name":"Fort Schuyler","other_names":["Fort Schuyler,State University of New York Maritime College"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Throgs Neck at East River and Long Island Sound","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.80636906350006,"lon":-73.79194359919235,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 17 acres at the tip of Throg's Neck in the Bronx, New York, centered on a granite coastal fort begun in 1833 with nineteenth-century officers' houses and a warehouse nearby. It is now part of a maritime college campus.","why_significant":"The fort is a good illustration of nineteenth-century coastal fortification design that protected New York City and the river approach to the interior of the state. Its exterior and basic structure remain intact, and it has been successfully adapted for college use. The surrounding frame residences and brick warehouse add to the complex.","narrative":"Fort Schuyler occupies the tip of Throg's Neck, where the East River meets Long Island Sound in the Bronx. Construction began in 1833 under Captain I.L. Smith of the Army engineers, and the grey granite fort, an irregular pentagon with bastions, casemates and a drawbridge, was ready for its guns in December 1845. Armament was completed in 1856. Named for General Philip Schuyler, it was meant to defend New York City, yet its garrison never fired its guns in anger. After the army left in 1934, the fort was restored between 1934 and 1938 as the home of the state merchant marine academy, now the State University of New York Maritime College. Although the interior was completely rebuilt, the exterior remains essentially intact. Nearby are five officers' quarters from 1878, a brick warehouse contemporary with the fort, and stone outerworks. Together they illustrate nineteenth-century coastal defense and a successful example of adaptive reuse.","period_of_significance":"1833-1856","architect_builder":"Captain I.L. Smith","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as part of the State University of New York Maritime College campus; the interior was completely transformed in 1934-1938 and later adapted for administration, library and dining uses. Five officers' quarters are maintained as residences and the warehouse retains its original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.761349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001206.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001206/0cf88c3c0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001206/0cf88c3c0c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ft_Schuyler_south_gate_2007_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ft_Schuyler_south_gate_2007_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316471","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Schuyler","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5471994"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/fort-schuyler-76001206/"}