Fort Mott (New Jersey)

Fort Mott
Part of Harbor Defenses of the Delaware
Pennsville Township, New Jersey
Type	Fortification
Site information
Owner	Public - State of New Jersey
Open to the public	Yes
Gun fire control tower and observation stand
Area	124 acres (0.50 km2)
Operated by	New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
Website	Official website
Fort Mott and Finns Point National Cemetery District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Coordinates	39°36′11″N 75°33′9″W / 39.60306°N 75.55250°W / 39.60306; -75.55250
Area	64.4 acres (261,000 m2)
NRHP reference No.	78001793[1]
NJRHP No.	2442[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 31, 1978
Designated NJRHP	September 6, 1973
Site history
Built	1896–1900
Built by	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
In use	1899–1922, 1941–1943
Materials	Reinforced concrete, earth

Fort Mott, located in Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey, United States, was part of the Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the Reconstruction era and Endicott program modernization periods following the American Civil War and in the 1890s. The other two forts in the system were Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island and Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware. It was active for the Spanish American War and World War I. It was closed in 1944, and sold to the state of New Jersey to become Fort Mott State Park.