Name/Title
Fort Sullivan, Eastport, MaineDescription
From Fort Sullivan National Register Nomination Form
Few of the buildings of old Fort Sullivan are now in existence. Some were used for a while after the fort was abandoned and deteriorated. Some were sold and moved to different parts of Eastport. Part of the barracks building remains standing and is located at 72 Washington Street, where it was moved about 100 years ago.The only remaining part of Fort Sullivan itself which can be found on the original site is the Powder Magazine. The local high school and municipal auditorium are now found on the site.
Stone batteries connected with Fort Sullivan were placed at strategic locations around Moose Island. A Regents Redoubt to defend against possible land force attacks from the Northeast was located a few hundred yards from the fort. The original measurements of the Fort Sullivan enclosure, according to Lt. Col. G. Nichols, Commander of the Royal Engineers at Moose Island in July of 1811*, were 610' by 375'• “ amounts to an area of about five acres enclosed by walls. A report of November 1, I8l5, taken from the Public Archives of Canada and condensed read as follows* The Ordinance Report on Forts, batteries, buildings and field ordinance at Moose Island, 1 November 1815, Included an American (sea) battery, two other batteries, three blockhouses, one of which was American, a store magazine, and an artillery storehouse at Fort Sherbrooke (the British name for Fort Sullivan) and the unfinished Regents Redoubt.
Today there remains on the original site the store magazine (powder magazine). This is located on an area of less than one acre owned by the Border Historical Society, Inc. The Officers Barracks building was removed from its original place inside the Fort Sullivan walls some 100 years ago. It was placed on a foundation located today at 72 Washington Street and was until 1966 used as a dwelling house - the so called "Look Property." This was purchased by the Border Historical Society, Inc. in 1966. It has been restored and now serves as a museum and the official headquarters of the Border Historical Society, Inc. This building is located on a city lot which is less than one acre in area.