1809 Powder Magazine in Fort Moultrie

The 1809 powder magazine inside Fort Moultrie is a free standing structure dating to the fort's original construction.

• A one-story brick building, painted yellow, with walls on its north and south faces. There is a doorway on the north and a window on the south. The building is enclosed on three sides by the parade wall and on the south side by a fourth wall. It has a tile-covered roof. There is a lightning rod mounted in the narrow space between the building's west wall and the parade wall. The ground outside of the building is paved in brick.

Battery Bingham & Battery McCorkle

Battery Bingham and Battery McCorkle are located along the south seawall of Fort Moultrie. These Endicott Period batteries represent the modernization of Fort Moultrie during the 1890s and early 1900s.

• Battery Bingham is a reinforced-concrete structure built on the southeast seawall of Fort Moultrie. It measures 65' x 85'. It has two gun positions. Battery McCorkle is west of Battery Bingham on the south seawall of Fort Moultrie. It is a three-gun battery constructed of reinforced concrete. Battery McCorkle measures 125' x 58'. Two sets of concrete stairs lead down to the magazines on the lower levels. An iron fence surrounds the stairwell openings.

Battery Huger

Located inside Fort Sumter, Battery Huger houses the park's museum, museum store, and restrooms. Battery Huger was built to protect Charleston Harbor and served from 1899 - 1947.

• A three story, black concrete structure stands on the parade ground of Fort Sumter. Restrooms located on ground floor of Battery Huger. Fort Sumter's museum and America's National Parks museum store are located on second floor. Two sets of staircases run the height of the battery. Safety railings run along the walkways on the battery.

Battery Jasper

Battery Jasper, part of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park, is located on Sullivan's Island. It served as the primary Endicott System battery from 1898 - 1943.

• A concrete structure, three stories high, faces a maritime forest. The structure is black in color. It is 683 feet long and 125 feet wide. The second floor, the gun deck, has safety railing along the back side. Grass is growing on the top of the battery. A sidewalk runs along the back wall. Before nearing the structure, the sidewalk passes two interpretive signs. A one-story brick building, the powerhouse, sits behind Battery Jasper. The building is side gabled with a single entry on the north and south facades. It has two windows on the east and west facades and a single window on the north and south facades. The windows have wood frames and sashes. The windows and doors feature granite lintels and sills. The roof is covered in corrugated metal.

Cannon Row at Fort Moultrie

Cannon Row, a collection of rare Civil War artillery, is located near Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island. Staff at Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park preserve and interpret the collection.

• A row of eight artillery pieces in a line. Seven cannon mounted on concrete blocks. One mortar, farthest to the right, sits on a carriage. An interpretive sign sits to the right of Cannon Row. A sidewalk runs along the back of the guns. Grass fields in front of and behind the guns.

Fort Moultrie Fishing Dock

The dock at Fort Moultrie is available for fishing, birdwatching and admiring the views of the Charleston area.

• A metal fishing dock in a T shape extends into the intracoastal waterway. On either side are marshy grasslands that become covered by water at high tide. At several points along the dock, wooden benches have been placed to allow visitors to rest and relax at the water's edge.

Fort Moultrie Torpedo Storehouse

The Fort Moultrie Torpedo Storehouse is a historic building located on the park grounds. Today the storehouse serves as the headquarters and administration building for the park.

• The Torpedo Storehouse (1902) is located west of the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center. Its front facade faces south towards Middle Street. The brick front-gabled building is one story. There are entrances on the north and south facades. The NPS added a front-gabled portico to the south facade. The adjacent Visitor Center is constructed on an elevated terrace that slopes down to the east facade of this building.

Fort Moultrie Visitor Center

The Fort Moultrie Visitor Center houses a museum, the ANP bookstore and a movie theater.

• A brick building built in the shape of a 4 pointed fort. The visitor center sits on Middle Street with a large parking lot behind it.

General Moultrie's Grave

The grave of William Moultrie, a gravestone with an inscription is surrounded by a black metal fence.

Harbor Entrance Control Post at Fort Moultrie

The Harbor Entrance Control Post is located inside the walls of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island. Built in 1944, it was a joint Army/Navy installation to coordinate the defense of Charleston Harbor.

• A yellow camouflage colored concrete structure that houses 3 floors. The top floor is an open air signal tower with halyards for raising flags. The second floor is enclosed and has glass windows and served as an observation post. Outside and on the second floor, there is a searchlight. The ground floor, accessible from a flight of stairs from inside the fort or by ground level from the street outside of the fort, housed Army and Navy personnel.

The Bench By the Road

A black metal bench placed by the intracoastal waterway, the Bench by the Road asks us to stop and take a moment to reflect on the lives lost during the Middle Passage.

• The Bench by the Road is made of black steel slats perpendicular to the ground with two curvy metal slates running across the other slats. There is a small bronze plaque attached to the bench that reads: "A Bench By The Road Placed by the Toni Morrison Society, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, July 26, 2008.” A second bronze plaque is centered on the ground in front of the bench and reads, “A Bench By The Road. There is no place your or I can go, to think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the absences of slaves; nothing that reminds us of the ones who made the journey and of those who did not make it. There is no suitable memorial or plaque or wreath or wall or park or skyscraper lobby. There’s no 300-foot tower. There’s no small bench by the road. Toni Morrison 1989. The bench by the Road Project was launched by the Toni Morrison Society in honor of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison. This first bench is placed in memory of the enslaved Africans who perished during the Middle Passage and those who arrived on Sullivan’s Island, a major point of entry for Africans who entered the U.S. during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Nearly half of all African Americans have ancestors who passed through Sullivan’s Island, July 26, 2008 Toni Morrison Society, Inc.” 

USS Patapsco Monument

The USS Patapsco monument is a small gray obelisk outside of Fort Moultrie that remembers the lives lost when the Patapsco sank in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War. 5 sailors are buried beneath the monument.

• A small gray stone obelisk, approximately 8 feet tall, stands outside of Fort Moultrie on the right-hand side of the sally port. 62 names are carved into the stone faces. The monument is surrounded by a black metal fence.

Fort Moultrie Visitor Center

• Fort Moultrie Visitor Center
• The Fort Moultrie Visitor Center is located at 1214 Middle Street, Sullivan's Island, SC. Inside are museum exhibits, a 22-minute orientation film and a museum store. The visitor center and fort are open daily from 9:00 am-4:30 pm. The park is closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. There is a park entrance fee.

Fort Sumter Visitor Center at Liberty Square

• Fort Sumter Visitor Center at Liberty Square
• The primary departure point for Fort Sumter is the Fort Sumter Visitor Center at Liberty Square, located at 340 Concord Street, in downtown Charleston. Visitors can find parking in the South Carolina Aquarium garage (fees apply) at 24 Calhoun Street, just steps away from the entrance to Liberty Square. Boats also depart from Patriots Point, 40 Patriots Point Boulevard in Mount Pleasant. There is a fee associated with riding the ferry to Fort Sumter but none for entrance into the visitor center.