Fort Adams

84 Fort Adams Drive,

Newport, RI ‎

www.fortadams.org

The new fort was designed by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, who had served as a military engineer under Napoleon

The new Fort Adams was first garrisoned in August 1841, functioning as an active Army post until 1950.

From the early 1950s until the mid-1970s Fort Adams fell victim to neglect, the elements and vandalism.

In the 1970s Fort Adams was cleaned up and open for tours and was used for the filming of the tv movie The Scarlett Letter.

Largest, most sophisticated, most complex Fortress in North America

Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, was established on July 4, 1799. After the War of 1812, it was decided to replace the older Fort Adams with a newer and much larger fort. the US Naval Academy was moved in 1861 from Annapolis Maryland to Fort Adams for the rest of the Civil war.