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Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle, also known as "Old Casemate," Officers Club Bldg. #207, Sentry Booth #220, and Fort Hamilton Community Club, is a historic building located in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The old fort was designed in 1819 and built between 1825 and 1836. It is a brick and stone "C" shaped structure with all walls approximately three feet thick. The building and adjoining stone walls form a type of fortification known as a "walled enceinte".[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[2]

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  1. A.D. Griswold (June 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=3156. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
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