Battery Cullum, Battery Sevier

Batteries Cullum, Sevier and Van Swearingen

Quick Facts

Location:

Fort Pickens, Florida

Amenities

2 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto

Originally built as one battery near historic Fort Pickens, Battery Cullum was built in 1896 to 1898 as one four-gun 10-inch batteries to defend the Gulf of Mexico.

In 1916, the battery was divided for better fire control, the west end becoming Battery Sevier.

List of all batteries in Fort Pickens. 

These batteries stretching alongside a road, are formed of blocky, concrete structures with flat roofs. Most of the structures are one to two stories high, with an occasional taller, covered observation platform looking away from the road out south over the Gulf of Mexico and Fort Pickens. Sets of concrete steps or metal stairs provide access to the upper levels.

Currently the batteries are surrounded by a chain link fence closing it off to all public access due to the unsafe conditions presented by the deteriorating structure. Please do not go beyond the fence. The National Park Service is pursuing restoration options for the historical site.