Winfield Scott
Fort Winfield Scott Chapel, Presidio, San Francisco CA
"Fort Winfield Scott was physically a part of what is generally understood as the Presidio of San Francisco; and since 1910 it has comprised in part a geographically separate and architecturally distinct set of buildings around a separate parade ground most of them built in 1910 . . . The layout of the buildings was in the form of a hook or -backwards "J" with the top of the letter to the north . . . The point of land on which it was built had been called-by the Americans "Fort Point" because of the location there of the old Spanish castillo and, subsequently, the American fort which replaced it. But that was not the official name of the fort. It was referred to in official army documents as "the fort at Fort Point.," but of course in common usage, the term "Fort Point" more often referred to the fortification itself than the point of land on which it stood. Then on November 25, 1882, Headquarters of the Army issued General Orders No. 133 which officially named that fort at Fort Point., "Fort Winfield Scott.," after the general who was a hero of the Mexican War and who commanded the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War. However, only four years later, the fort was downgraded to being a mere sub-post of the-Presidio of San Francisco . . . In common usage, of course, the name survived for many years more, although it had no administrative meaning."
Winfield Scott
Fort Winfield Scott Chapel, Presidio, San Francisco CA
"Fort Winfield Scott was physically a part of what is generally understood as the Presidio of San Francisco; and since 1910 it has comprised in part a geographically separate and architecturally distinct set of buildings around a separate parade ground most of them built in 1910 . . . The layout of the buildings was in the form of a hook or -backwards "J" with the top of the letter to the north . . . The point of land on which it was built had been called-by the Americans "Fort Point" because of the location there of the old Spanish castillo and, subsequently, the American fort which replaced it. But that was not the official name of the fort. It was referred to in official army documents as "the fort at Fort Point.," but of course in common usage, the term "Fort Point" more often referred to the fortification itself than the point of land on which it stood. Then on November 25, 1882, Headquarters of the Army issued General Orders No. 133 which officially named that fort at Fort Point., "Fort Winfield Scott.," after the general who was a hero of the Mexican War and who commanded the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War. However, only four years later, the fort was downgraded to being a mere sub-post of the-Presidio of San Francisco . . . In common usage, of course, the name survived for many years more, although it had no administrative meaning."