Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle, also known as "Old Casemate," Officers Club Bldg. #207, Sentry Booth #220, and Fort Hamilton Community Club, is a historic building located in

Fort Hamilton Fort Hamilton is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. It is one of several posts that are part of the region which is ...

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. The old fort was designed in 1819 and built between 1825 and 1836. It is a brick and stone "C" shaped structure with all walls approximately three feet thick. The building and adjoining stone walls form a type of fortification known as a " walled enceinte". It was listed on the

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in 1974.

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