Fort Baker

USA / California / Sausalito /
 hotel, park, military, conference centre, fortification, historic landmark
The polygon outline shows the historical boundaries of Fort Baker. The former cantonment area is now known as Cavallo Point. Many of the former military buildings have been transformed into conference space and overpriced accomodations.

Lime Point Military Reservation was established in 1850 and, in 1897, transformed into Fort Baker. Fort Barry was established to the west in 1904 as the garrisons followed the big guns seaward, concluded by construction of 16-inch Battery Townsley roughly four miles northwest of the Golden Gate in 1937 and the creation that same year of Fort Cronkhite to house its gun crews.

www.militarymuseum.org/FtBaker.html
www.cavallopoint.com
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Baker
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Coordinates:   37°50'2"N   122°29'5"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago