- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Fort McPherson
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1953
- Subject:
- Military facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Night--Georgia--Atlanta
Night photographs
Fort McPherson (Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View from the water tower of the Third U.S. Army Headquarters Building at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Georgia, (with a moon that was created in the photography lab).
In 1885, the United States Army acquired land approximately four miles south of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, for the establishment of a military installation. Construction began the following year on a complex designed by Captain Joshua West Jacobs of the United States Army. The first barracks were finished in 1889 and troops soon occupied the site. The military installation was named in honor of Union Major General James McPherson, who was killed in action during the Battle of Atlanta in 1864. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.1122.001
ahc1701122001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/259
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 10 x 13 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
