Fort Conde in Mobile

From Wikipedia.

This is a follow up to my April 12th post about the War of 1812's Bicentennial in Mobile, Alabama.

This is an impressive, although not original, fort located in downtown Mobile, Alabama.  It was the main guard of Mobile before the War of 1812.  Built by the French, it was known as Fort Carlota when the Spanish held the the territory.

What stands at the fort's site today is a 4/5 scale reconstruction that opened July 4, 1976, as part of Mobile's U.S. Bicentennial celebration.  It is located at 150 South Royal Street.

Mobile was founded by the French in 1702 at the upper end of the bay, but flooding caused the town to be moved to its current site.  Construction of Fort Conde began in 1723 and it remained as the city's main protection until 1820.  Originally the fort and its surrounding buildings covered 11 acres.  It resembles St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marcos in design.

In 1820, it was decided to build a new fort at the site of the old Fort Bowyers, build during the War of 1812 at the mouth of Mobile Bay and Fort Conde was no longer needed, so Congress authorized is sale and removal.  By 1823, most traces of it had been removed.

There You Have It.  --Brock-Perry