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{{About|a historic Army post in Virginia|the city in Florida|Fort Myers, Florida|an active military post|Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall|the company|Fort Myer Construction}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Fort Myer Historic District | nrhp_type = nhld | nocat = yes | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = June 19, 1973<ref name="VLR list">{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|access-date=2013-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> | designated_other1_number = 000-0004 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Wright-Fort Myer.jpg | caption = Orville Wright flying at Fort Myer<br/> September 9, 1908 | location = [[Arlington County, Virginia]] | locmapin = United States District of Columbia street | coordinates = {{coord|38.880343|-77.079735|display=inline,title}} | area = | built = 1861 | architect = US Army | architecture = Late Victorian | designated_nrhp_type = November 28, 1972<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1285&ResourceType=District|title=Fort Myer Historic District |access-date=2008-06-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710121337/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1285&ResourceType=District|archive-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> | added = November 28, 1972<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum = 72001380 }} '''Fort Myer''' is the previous name used for a [[U.S. Army]] [[Military base|post]] next to [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], and across the [[Potomac River]] from [[Washington, D.C.]] Founded during the [[American Civil War]] as Fort Cass and Fort Whipple, the post merged in 2005 with the neighboring [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] installation, Henderson Hall, and is today named [[Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall]].
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