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Landmark 82
Site of Castillo De San Joaquín
Fort Point
Built 1794
Demolished 1853 For Construction of Fort Point
 
The Plaque At SE Corner of Fort Wall, Fort Point

The first ship to enter San Francisco Bay, the San Carlos (Captain Ayala), dropped anchor off this point August 5, 1775. Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Bautista de Anza planted the cross on Cantil Blanco (White Cliff) March 28, 1776. The first fortification, Castillo de San Joaquín, was completed December 8, 1794 by José Joaquín de Arrillaga, sixth Governor of California. In 1853 United States Army engineers cut down the cliff and built Fort Point, renamed Fort Winfield Scott in 1882. This fort, a partial replica of Fort Sumter, is the only brick fort west of the Mississippi, its seawall has stood undamaged for over a hundred years.

Site of Castillo De San Joaquín
Castillo Site
Under the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge
(High Definition)
 
 
 
 
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