National Historic Landmark · Nida, Oklahoma

Fort Washita

Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkListed 1966
Fort Washita
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeHistoric district
AddressSW of Nida on OK 199, Nida, OK
CountyBryan County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Listed forMilitary
Level of significanceNational
Reference number66000626
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressSW of Nida on OK 199, Nida, OK
Coordinates34.1036° N, 96.5483° W · Directions ↗
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

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Public land around it

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 5 miles away16,466 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Fort Washita listed on the National Register?

Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Fort Washita?

SW of Nida on OK 199, Nida, Bryan County, Oklahoma.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Fort Washita?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000626. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.