• View of the Golden Gate Bridge, taken from the Marin Headlands, looking across the bay back towards San Francisco, seen in the distance.

    Golden Gate

    National Recreation Area California

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Artillery, Bricks & Co.

 
 
 
FOPO

On this self-guided investigation, crafty time travelers discover everyday life in 1860s Fort Point. Students uncover the stories of soldiers, laundresses, stone masons, and more.

San Francisco has the only massive brick and granite seacoast fortification on the West Coast. At the height of the Gold Rush, Fort Point was built and garrisoned with soldiers ordered to protect the city, its harbor, and the maritime resources that sailed through it. Activities and observations help students uncover the daily lives of soldiers and the intricate work of stonemasons. Artillery, Bricks & Co. will help your students understand how and why forts were built.


National Park Service staff will greet you and your class when you arrive at Fort Point. Staff will present a brief introduction on the fort's place in San Francisco history. You also will be provided with self-guides. Please have your students prepared to work in small groups.

Reservations necessary: please call (415) 561-2829.


Want your students to learn more about everyday life at Fort Point?
Check-out Fort Point Community, background information on the different groups of people who lived in and near the fort.

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Did You Know?

Basalt pillows

Geologists sometimes call Franciscan pillow basalt “greenstone” because it contains green minerals formed in an interaction between the basalt and hot, mineral-rich seawater.