Fort Tillinghast
Historical Site
Defenses of Washington
1861-1865
Fort Tillinghast
Here stood Fort Tillinghast, a lunette in the Arlington Line constructed in August 1861. It had a perimeter of 298 yards and emplacements for 13 guns. A model of this fort, typical of all lunettes in the Arlington Line, can be seen at the Hume School museum of the Arlington Historical Society.
Marker is at the intersection of Arlington Boulevard (U.S. 50) and North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on Arlington Boulevard.
Courtesy hmdb.org
