Fort Wall

Wayside

NPS/Pat Schmidt

Quick Facts

Location:

Parade Ground

Amenities

2 listed

Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible

The plan for Fort Smith was based on coastal fort design with a stone wall 12 feet high and 2 feet thick. There were five bastions or gun emplacements. This fort was one of the last this style built. The fort wall remained until the 1920s when the city had it destroyed.