Fort Jay (Fort Columbus), Governors Island

East sally port and scarp wall (view from southwest) of Fort Jay (Fort Columbus from 1806 to 1904), Governors Island, New York Harbor. Below, enlargement of the sally port. Photographer E. P. McFarland, March 15, 1934. Source: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress.

In 1794, after the War of Independence, a defensive structure was built on Governors Island, later called Fort Jay. The Fort was reconstructed, between 1806 and 1809, and renamed it Fort Columbus. In 1904, it was renamed to the previous name: Fort Jay.