National Historic Landmark · military base · Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden Building 305 (Historic Quartermasters Office & Storehouse)

Former Army installation in Washington in Port Townsend, Washington. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1974
Deer outside the commons room, Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA - Dobro Intensive Workshop 2008 (2008-07-11 08.13.05 by Ctd 2005)Disappearing gun at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, Washington, ca 1915 (WASTATE 678)Disappearing gun at Fort Worden, Port Townsend, Washington, ca 1915 (WASTATE 68)Disappearing gun, Fort Worden, Washington, ca 1915 (WASTATE 1)
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What it is

Wikipedia · Fort Worden

Fort Worden Historical State Park is located in Port Townsend, Washington, on 433 acres originally known as Fort Worden, a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps base constructed to protect Puget Sound from invasion by sea. Fort Worden was named after U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden, commander of USS Monitor during the famous Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressCherry and W Sts., Port Townsend, WA
CountyJefferson County
ListedMar 15, 1974
Reference number74001954
Type of placemilitary base, NRHP district, fort
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources59 buildings, 12 structures
StandingYes

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

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressCherry and W Sts., Port Townsend, WA
Websiteparks.wa.gov/511/Fort-Worden ↗
Coordinates48.13508, -122.76879 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitEbey's Landing National Historical Reserve · 7 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyFort Casey Campground 5 mi · Louella Cabin 18 mi · Dungeness Forks Campground 19 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74001954. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.