2.5 mi. SE of Triumph on LA 23 on the E bank of the Mississippi River, Triumph, Louisiana. County/parish: Plaquemines.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000380.
1 contributing structure.
Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles (64 km) upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. It formerly served as military protection of New Orleans, some 80 miles (130 km) up the river, and of the lower Mississippi River.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73972876