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History. Fort Worden was an active United States Army base from 1902 to 1953. Most of it was purchased by the Port of Port Townsend in 1956 and sold to the State of Washington in 1957 to house a juvenile detention facility (the Port retained ownership of the beach from the entrance of the Fort to approximately the pier).
Area. 166 acres (67 ha) NRHP reference No. 78002759. 96000415 (boundary increase) [1] Added to NRHP. January 12, 1978. April 12, 1996 (boundary increase) Fort Ward is a former United States Army coastal artillery fort, and later, a Navy installation located on the southwest side of Bainbridge Island, Washington, along Rich Passage.
Military facilities located in the state of Washington — all current & former military facilities, and historic demolished sites. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML. GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates)
Ghost towns in Central, Southeastern Washington. Liberty. One of the most well-known ghost towns in Washington state is Liberty in Kittitas County.It’s in the Swauk Mining District, which was ...
It is a Washington state park and a historic district within the U.S. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. Admiralty Inlet was considered so strategic to the defense of Puget Sound in the 1890s that three forts—Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island , and Fort Worden at Port Townsend—were built with the ...
Fort Norfolk in 1861, a first system fort upgraded as part of the second system. The Statue of Liberty is built on top of Fort Wood of the second system. Fort Adams, one of the largest third system forts. In the American colonies and the United States, coastal forts were generally more heavily constructed than inland forts, and mounted heavier ...
Fort Lawton was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton (1843–1899), a veteran of the American Civil War, the Indian Wars, and Spanish–American War campaigns, who was killed in action in the Philippines. The fort opened on February 9, 1900 [1] on a 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2). The military encampment was redesigned in 1902 for infantry use.
Fort Walla Walla. Fort Ward (Washington) Fort Whitman. Fort Worden. Categories: Forts in the United States by state. Military installations in Washington (state) Tourist attractions in Washington (state) Forts in the American Old West.