Castle Williams
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Castle Williams is a circular fortification of red sandstone on the northwest point of Governors Island, part of a system of forts designed and constructed in the early 19th century to protect New Yor
View from the Staten Island Ferry on New York Harbor
The fort during the War of 1812
Landward side
Cannon on top of Castle Williams
Jonathan Williams (engineer)
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Jonathan Williams was an American military officer, engineer, and politician. He served as the first superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1801 to 1803 and from 1805 to 1812. He se
Castle Williams
…Island National Monument. Castle Williams was designed and erected between 1807 and 1811 under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Jonathan Williams, Chief Engineer of the Corps of Engineers and first Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Williams was also a…
Portrait by Thomas Sully, 1815.