National Historic Landmark · historic district · Bremerton, Washington

Building 50

Historic district in Washington, United States in Bremerton, Washington. Added to the National Register in 1992, and a National Historic Landmark.

Building 50
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What it is

Wikipedia · Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Historic District

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is a large military-industrial complex located in Bremerton, Washington along the north shore of Sinclair Inlet, which opens to Puget Sound. This large shipyard is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length along the shore and over a half-mile in width at its greatest distance across. The shipyard has nearly 1,000 facilities such as shipfitters shops, repair shops, drydocks, piers, cranes, crane rails, railways, and tunnels. In addition to the industrial facilities, supporting structures include: residences for officers and enlisted personnel, recreation facilities, boiler, electrical substations, fuel tanks, medical facilities, and canteens. The historic district is just over a tenth of the entire shipyard, 189 acres of the shipyard's 1,347 acres. Its greatest significance was during the Second World War when it repaired large warships damaged in the Pacific theater. It was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1992.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressN shore of Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA
CountyKitsap County
ListedAug 27, 1992
Reference number92001883
Type of placehistoric district
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources22 buildings, 42 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
AddressN shore of Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA
Websitenavsea.navy.mil/shipyards/puget/default.aspx
Coordinates47.56308, -122.62657 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitKlondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park · 14 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyInterrorem Cabin 19 mi · Collins Campground 20 mi · Falls View Campground 21 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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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

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 92001883. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.