On February 21, 1888, Fort Johnston was officially dropped as a seacoast defense. The only part of the fort remaining today appears to be the officers' quarters which has been used by a variety of groups from that time to today.
At one time, it was used by the US Army Corps of Engineers and later the US Surveying Corps.
During World War II it was a USO building.
In the 1950s, officers from the Air Rescue Unit stayed there and then it was transferred to Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal in 1955.
This year, the Southport Branch of the North Carolina Maritime Museum will move into it.
It is listed on the National register of Historic Places.
A Little-Known Fort. --Cooter
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