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ENTRY NUMBER DATE ( i yf/c cm c«tn«5s — complete appnc&oie sections} 1 4 iiii; ra/2 I^ssijiiii^iyiiii^ p.**->xffi*WW^:-x-x-:;:>:::::v:-:w:.:-x->:->:::-:::o:;::^^ .••:TiItH^;^-" ••-•••••••••• COMMON: FORT PIKE AX /k*VA AND/OR HISTORIC: FORT PIKE STATE MONUMENT ^/ ^%^\
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STREET AND NUMBER: RIGOLETS - U. S. 90 EAST vSy/? /^'o/ CITY OR TOWN: -, —— f NEW ORLEANS x-i--'V, ^ X%rng^>7
STATE CODE COUNTY: • , , ] . CODE LOUISIANA ^ a_ UR LEANS r( O*) 1 iliiiiilltlliiM W\X ACCESSIBLE «/> ^T* OWNERSHIP (Check One) z TO THE PUBLIC Q District F] Building E Public Public Acquisition: D Occupied Yes: o )fn ,, . , Q] Restricted O Site jjg Structure CD Private Q In Process CJ Unoccupied '— ' o x. , [U Unrestricted 1- | | Object 1 I Both | | Being Considerec D Preservation work in progress I— ' No
u PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Z) 1 1 Agricultural Q Government )$C] Park 1 1 Transportation 1 1 Comments o£ Q Commercial -tH Industrial Q Private Residence PI Other (Soecifv) i- f\| Educational l~l Military | | Religious oo 1 1 Entertainment H Museum | | Scientific ^ OWNER'S NAME: U)
LOUISIANA STATE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION >
LJ STREET AND NUMBER: |I LJJ P. 0. DRAWER 1111
CO CITY OR TOWN: STAT E: CODE BA TON ROUG E -.•:.,. L OU S 1 AN A , f "^OT jiiiililiiii;|::gliiii^^ COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: ORLEANS PARISH COURT HOUSE COUNTY:
STREET AND NUMBER: LOYOL A Av EN UE
CITY OR TOWN: STAT E CODE
NEW ORLEANS Lo U S ANA ( ^LU-' iiiiliillllllllii}^ TITLE OF SURVEY:
FORT PIKE NUMBERENTRY V* -n DATE OF SURVEY^-/ 24/1 846 , 1 2/ 1 / §0 Federal Q State Q County Q Loca O ^ PD DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: ''JQZ^. f 2 c. •a ORLEANS PARISH COURT HOUSE en en C STREET AND NUMBER: cc m (N. 0 LOYOLA AVENUE 2 CITY OR TOWN: STATE •< NEW ORLEANS Lo U S ANA iljL- DATE
^ (Check One) D Excellent D Good Eg Fair 1 I Deteriorated a Ru ns I 1 Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) ( Check One) H Altered Q Unaltered D Moved £3 Original Site
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE THE FORT IS BUILT OF RED BRICK ON A RAFT LIKE FOUNDATION OF CRISSCROSSED CYPRESS LOGS AND SHELL. /IT IS UNIQUE IN SHAPE, WITH A MODIFIED AND INDENTED TRIANGULAR SHAPE LANDWARD AND A SEMI CIRCULAR FACE TO SEAWARD.^!HE LOWER SECTION OF THE FORT, WHICH SURROUNDS A CENTRAL COURT, CONTAINS REC TANGULAR GUN PORTS FOR COASTAL GUNS . ARMORY, POWDER MAGA ZINES, BLACKSMITH SHOP, BAKE SHOP, SETTLERS STORE AND COMMISSARY, ALL ARE INTERCONNECTED BY ARCHED PASSAGEWAYS, THE UPPER RAMPARTS, WHICH ARE REACHED BY BRICK STEPS AND A RAMP IS OF BRICK COVERED BY SOD. THE RAMPARTS CONTAIN EMPLACE MENT POSITIONS FOR 23 HEAVY SEA COAST GUNS PLUS SEVERAL SMALLER GUNS. THE THREE BASTIONS HAD SMALL FRAME BUILDINGS USED AS OFFICES. C-T.htE C E N T E R COURT CONTAINS TWO HO'T-SROT FURNACES AND THE CITADEL.
CO THE CITADEL OF THE FORT WAS A SINGLE STORY BOMB PROOF BUILDING .70' LONG BY 24-' DEEP. IN 1850 AN UPPER STORY WAS m ADDED. EACH FLOOR WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS. THE rn BOTTOM FLOOR CONTAINED KITCHENS AND MESSING FACILITIES AND THE UPPER FLOOR WAS USED FOR OFFICERS QUARTERS. THE UPPER FLOOR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED BY A HURRICANE AND z VANDALISM. THE CENTER SECTION OF THE LOWER PORTION OF THE co CITADEL HAS BEEN RESTORED.
THE ENTIRE FORT WAS SURROUNDED BY A DOUBLE MOAT WITH FORTIFIED GUN POSITIONS. ENTRANCE TO THE FORT WAS THROUGH A SALLY PORT AND ACROSS A DRAW BRIDGE. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE OUTER MOAT THERE WAS A FRAME BUILDING 314- 1 LONG 19' WIDE AND 11' HIGH WHICH WAS USED AS TROOP QUARTERS, OTHER SUPPORTING S T R U CJTJJ R E S , SUCH AS A BAKERY, QUARTER MASTERS STORES, A BATH HOUSE AND BOAT DOCK WERE ALSO OUT SIDE THE FORT. WATER WAS SUPPLIED FROM LARGE TANKS (CISTERNS) USED TO COLLECT RAINWATER OR CONDENSERS USED TO PURIFY WATER FROM THE LAKE. PERIOO fCftecfc One or More as Appropriate) Q Pre-Coluircb«on | d 16th Century Q 18th Century Q 20th Century Q T5*h Century D 17th Century j£] 19th Century
AREAS OF SIGN IFJCANCE fCfcecJc One or More as Appropriate}
Abor iginol f H E ducati on Q Pofiticaf |~T! Urban Planning [3 Prehistoric I t Engineering D Religion/Phi Q Other (Specify)
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| | Communications El Military [~] Theater
| | Conservation Music | 1 Transportation
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 'iHE EXISTANCE OF A FORTIFICATION AT THE "RlGOLETS" (FROM THE FRENCH, RIGOLE, MEANING TRENCH OR GUTTER) is EVIDENCED BY AN ACCOUNT OF A BRIEFING BETWEEN ADMIRAL COCHRANE AND GENERAL KEANE OF THE BRITISH FORCES PRIOR TO DECEMBER THE 8^, 1814. AT WHICH TIME VARIOUS MARINE ROUTES TO NEW ORLEANS WERE DISCUSSED. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE ROUTES VIA THE LAKES WOULD BE SHORTER, HOWEVER THE PASS THROUGH THE RlGOLETS WAS ONLY 1^0 YARDS WIDE u AND ABOUT 5' DEEP AT THE TIME. THIS MADE A GOOD PASSAGE FOR TROOP BARGES BUT NOT FOR GUN BOATS. IT WAS STATED ID THAT A GOOD FORT "PETIT COQUILLE*' STOOD AT THE PASS, THIS CAUSED THE BRITISH TO SEARCH OUT ANOTHER ROUTE TO NEW OR LEANS, XT HUS GAINING VALUABLE TIME FOR THE DEFENDERS.
IX) PRESENT STRUCTURE WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1819 AND 1821 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LT. CHASE OF THE UNITED STATES ENGINEER CORPS AT A COST OF $635,000. / THE ORIGINAL LLJ ARMAMENT CONSISTED OF 33 THIRTY-TWO POUND CANNONS, 1^ UJ TWENTY-FOUR POUND CANNONS, 4- THIRTEEN INCH MORTARS AND 2 TEN-INCH MORTARS. REQUISITE GARRISON FOR WAR WAS CO 400 MEN AND FOR PEACE 80 MEN. ^FORT PIKE (FORMERLY CALLED PETIT COQUILLE, FROM THE FRENCH FOR LITTLE SHELL) WAS RENAMED FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL ZEBULON M. PIKE, WHO WAS KILLED ON APRIL 17-» 1813? IN AN ATTACH UPON YORK IN UPPER CANADA (NOW TORONTO). GENERAL PIKE EXPLORED A LARGE PART OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY, HE ALSO COMMANDED THE EXPLORATION PARTY THAT REACHED THE TOP OF ONE OF THE RoCKY's HIGHEST PEAKS, NOW KNOWN AS PlKE*S PEAK./ IN THE WINTER OF 1860-61 WITH THE ClVIL WAR ON THE HORIZON, GOVERNOR WlCKLIFFE CONVENED THE LEGISLATURE AT BATON ROUGE TO DETERMINE WHAT DIRECTION THE STATE SHOULD FOLLOW. WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE FORMAL ACT OF SECESSION, THE STATE GOVERNMENT TOOK ACTION TO POSSES THE MILITARY POSTS IN LOUISIANA. GAYARRE - HISTORY OF Lou SIANA. ALCEE FORTIER, HISTORY OF LOUISIANA. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERV CE, WASHINGTON D. C. STATE OF LOUISIANA, MIL TARY DEPT. JACKSON BARRACKS, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY, PENTAGON, WASHINGTON D. C. VICTORS H STORY OF THE REBELLION, VOL. #1.
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY ' "} DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY _ OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES ————————— ————————————————————————— ______J CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE " LONGITUDE
Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 30° 10- 16- 89 o 44 - 38 - 30 o 10 - oo- 89 o 44 - ' 19 - NE 30° 10-16- 89 ° 44 • 15 • SE 30° 09- 51 - 89 ° 44 • 15 - ••• . -• . •. r sw 50 o 09- 51 - 89 o 44 • 58 - APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: ^_— - —— 7^~~~>^
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STATE: CODE CC\LM<\y: ' "~" .^\^/ CODE \ N^/TTTq-r-r^jX' C= NAME AND TITLE: "N HERMAN C. WILLEM, ADMINISTRAT VE ASSISTANT n ORGANIZATION DATE STATE PARKS AN D Rec RE A T i ON COMM i s s i ON - • : ' '•'•-• 3/2/72 • STREET AND NUMBER: P. 0. DRAWER 1111 " ' CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE oo BATON ROUGE LOU I S I AN A . Ji^Ls ::;1l::9::;;:'-:^C:JiF::A::JT::i*:::::ii:* :::i':^:r:::;::::&;:f;:;^::l;:::IE!,!!:;:::^
'•'•'' I '. ' As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law National Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria, and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology andJJfstoric Preservation level of significance of this nominaltfton is'/\ National FJ State ^ / \LofcaB FJ
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^l*-" ChalLrman * ATTEST: Jb Louie iana Historical Preserva Title St and Cultural Commission
Keeper of TheWational tfef&fter*
Date May 16, 1972 Date Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE LOUISIANA NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM OR LEANS FOR NPS USE ONLY
ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation Sheet) 1 4 flOE 1Q7? (Number alt entries) (STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE CONTINUED)
Pass VS-10-S Rigolets
USO & GS EM (Fort Pike) Lat. 30° 10' 00"
Lat. Lat. 38° 5' 00" 38° 5* 00"
Long. Long. 89 44' 38" R-14-B 89° 44' 15"
O COMMON: Fort Plkfi AND/OR H.STOR.C: Fnrt plke Hi storical Monument liiiilil^^ STREET AND NUMBER: U Rigolets » U.S. Highway 90 East ID CITY OR^TOWN: NPW Or*1 eans STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE Louisiana Orleans
SOURCE: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Rigolets Quadrangle, Louisiana UJ SCALE-, l : 24000 DATE: 1968 UJ
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