National Historic Landmark- Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook

National Historic Landmark - Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District

Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District reflects the history of a vital defense installation guarding New York City and its harbor from 1895 to ...

Fort Hancock Officers’ Club

This stately structure was officers’ quarters for the Sandy Hook Proving Ground until it moved to Aberdeen, Maryland, in 1919. It housed Fort Hancock officers until 1936, then it became the Officers’ Club and its red brick exterior was painted ...

Fort Hancock

Coastal Defenses of Sandy Hook

Sandy Hook has been fortified to defend New York Harbor for more than two centuries – first by British Loyalists occupying the Sandy Hook Lighthouse during the American Revolution and the American troops constructed a wooden ...