page_title: Fort Livingston, Louisiana
section_title: Present day
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Livingston, Louisiana / Present day
caption_attribution_description: English: Fort Livingston, Grand Terre Island, Louisiana, April 2002
context_page_description: Fort Livingston was a 19th-century coastal defense fort located on Grand Terre Island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The fort was named after Edward Livingston who had held positions as Mayor of New York City, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and U.S. Secretary of State under President Andrew Jackson. The structure was listed on the National Register of Historical Places on August 30, 1974. Original plans for the fort were prepared by Lieutenant H. G. Wright. These plans called for the fortress to be a trapeziform stronghold surrounded by a wet ditch and by outworks on the land side. The walls were constructed of cemented shell, faced with brick, and trimmed with granite.
  Fort Livingston is one of the largest coastal forts in Louisiana, and is the only fort on the Gulf of Mexico in the state. It is a classic example of American coastal forts of the first half of the 19th century. Today it is in ruins.
context_section_description: In 1955, Grand Terre was designated as a state Wildlife and Fisheries reservation.  In 1979, the Louisiana state legislature created the Fort Livingston State Commemorative Area.  The remains of the fort are somewhat of a tourist attraction, although it is only accessible by boat and is closely monitored by the U.S. Coast Guard.  The fort is located directly east across Barataria Bay from the Coast Guard Station on Grand Isle, Louisiana.  Grand Terre Island is also currently home to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' Marine Laboratory.  The fort itself is also part of a wave-protection project being conducted by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.  The project consists of a rock dike built to conserve the Gulf shoreline of West Grand Terre Island and protect Fort Livingston. As a result of tropical storm systems in 2002, the erosion rates along West Grand Terre Island greatly accelerated, requiring some type of protective barrier to be built.
caption: Aerial view of Fort Livingston ruins, 2002
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