Mont Sec Avenue is known as Officers’ Row at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, Gateway National Recreation Area
The eleven houses along Mont Sec Avenue were once the homes of Fort Wadsworth officers and their families. The oldest house, #103, dates back to the 1870s. Houses #111-114 were built around 1890. The rest were built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration, which was part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal that was designed to help the economy emerge from the ravishes of the Great Depression. Mont Sec Avenue is part of the Fort Wadsworth Walking Tour route.
House 103, the oldest house on Mont Sec Avenue at Fort Wadsworth, Gateway National Recreation Area
House 113 on Mont Sec Avenue at Fort Wadsworth, Gateway National Recreation Area
House 112A is known as the Mont Sec House. The National Park Service restored this home and furnished it as it might have been in the 1890s. It is open to visitors on a very limited basis. See the National Park Service’s official Calendar web page for Gateway National Recreation Area for a schedule of events (enter MONT SEC in the By Keyword search box). You can also call the Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center at (718) 354-4500 to see when the house is open. It was not open when I visited.
Mont Sec House at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, Gateway National Recreation Area
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Last updated on December 26, 2024
