Fort Santa Agueda

Fort Santa Agueda
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
View from the fort
Location	Guam Highway 7, Hagåtña (Agana), Guam
Coordinates	13°28′25″N 144°44′52″E / 13.47361°N 144.74778°ECoordinates: 13°28′25″N 144°44′52″E / 13.47361°N 144.74778°E
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c.1800
NRHP Reference #	74002301[1]
Added to NRHP	August 30, 1974

Fort Santa Agueda, on Guam Highway 7 in Hagåtña (formerly Agana), Guam, dates from about 1800, during the 1784-1802 administration of Spanish governor Manuel Moro. It was an uncovered fort with a manposteria (coral stone and lime mortar) parapet, rising about 10 feet (3.0 m) above a sloping hillside. It is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, as the only remaining fortification of the Spanish Era in Hagåtña.^[1][2]

The fort was mentioned in 1802 by an officer of an American whaling ship, who recorded that the fort had seven guns and ten men, and that it fired a salute when the governor entered a new church in Agana. Russian Otto von Kotzebue, in 1917, noted that it had only a few guns. It was in ruins by 1887. It was used by Americans as a signal station until 1933, and was converted to a gun emplacement by the Japanese occupiers during World War II.^[2]

It became a park in 1960 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1][2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Guam

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. David T. Lotz (January 8, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fort Santa Agueda" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1973