{"nrhp_refnum":"99001719","name":"Fort C. F. Smith Historic District","other_names":["Fort C.F. Smith Park","DHR File No. 0005079, Archeology No. AR31"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2411 24th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Arlington","county":"Arlington County","state":"VA","lat":38.90147812500004,"lon":-77.08967576293585,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19-acre county park in Arlington, Virginia, on a bluff above the Potomac River and Spout Run. It holds the earthwork remains of Fort C.F. Smith, a Civil War fort occupied 1863-1865, along with a later estate with five buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the fort is a significant Civil War defensive work built mid-war to strengthen the defenses of Washington. Its unusual features include bastions on a lunette, and its earthworks survive largely intact. The park also contains archaeological deposits dating from the Woodland period to the twentieth century that have yielded or may yield historical information.","narrative":"Fort C.F. Smith Park in Arlington, Virginia, covers 19 acres on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River and Spout Run. It preserves the earthworks of a Civil War fort that was occupied from 1863 to 1865 and built mid-war to strengthen the defenses of Washington. The fort was a lunette with two faces and two flanks, and its bastions on the north flank are an unusual feature for that type of work. After the army dismantled the fort in the fall of 1865, the land returned to the Jewell family and later became a private estate. The estate's main house combines Gothic Revival, Stick, Queen Anne, Shingle, Craftsman and Colonial Revival elements, and the grounds include gardens and a vista toward Georgetown. The ruins were integrated into the landscape rather than reshaped, which helped protect them. The district is listed for its military history and for archaeological deposits from the Woodland period to the twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1863-1865","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mixed","criteria":["A","D"],"status_note":"Now a county park used for recreation. Earthworks are described as intact and in very good condition. The small barn is in an advanced state of dilapidation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.477399-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/6796/41679632/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99001719.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001719/4ddd1ed2c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001719/4ddd1ed2c8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_C.F._Smith_3b07395r.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_C.F._Smith_3b07395r.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679632","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_C._F._Smith_(Arlington,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5470877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/arlington-county/fort-c-f-smith-historic-district-99001719/"}