Fort de Hollogne was built between 1881 and 1884 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.

The service areas were placed directly opposite the barracks, which opened into the ditch in the rear of the fort (i.e., in the face towards Liège), with less protection than the two "salient" sides.

[3] The Brialmont forts were designed to be protected from shellfire equaling their heaviest guns: 21 cm.

Seven rapid-fire 57 mm Grusonwerke guns were provided in casemates for the defense of the ditches and the postern, as well as in three turrets.

[2][7] The fort's heavy guns were German, typically Krupp, while the turret mechanisms were from a variety of sources.

When the Liège's fortifications proved unexpectedly stubborn, the Germans brought heavy siege artillery to bombard the forts with shells far larger than they were designed to resist.

A plan was then proposed the evacuate and blow up the fort, which was stymied when the garrison discovered that it was surrounded.

German artillery bombardment recommenced the next day; Hologne surrendered at 0730 on the 16th, the next-to-last Liège fort to capitulate.

[7][9] Hollogne was not upgraded in the 1930s as part of the Fortified Position of Liège, remaining essentially as it was built by Brialmont, with a few modifications by the 1914-1917 German occupiers.