National Historic Landmark · trading post · Tacoma, Washington

Fort Nisqually Factor's House

United States historic place in Tacoma, Washington. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1970
Early structure at Fort Nisqually, Washington, ca 1870 (WASTATE 205)Ezra Meeker and man at site of Fort Nisqually (PORTRAITS 1350)Fort Nisqually - panoramioFort Nisqually entrance from the watchtower - panoramio
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Fort Nisqually

Fort Nisqually was an important fur trading and farming post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Puget Sound area, part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia Department. It was located in what is now DuPont, Washington. Today it is a living history museum located in Tacoma, Washington, USA, within the boundaries of Point Defiance Park. The Fort Nisqually Granary, moved along with the Factor's House from the original site of the second fort to this park, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Built in 1843, the granary is the oldest building in Washington state and one of the only surviving examples of a Hudson's Bay Company "post-and-plank" structure. The Factor's House and the granary are the only surviving Hudson's Bay Company buildings in the United States.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressPoint Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA
CountyPierce County
ListedApr 15, 1970
Reference number70000647
Type of placetrading post
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources2 buildings
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
AddressPoint Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA
Websitefortnisqually.org ↗
Coordinates47.30353, -122.53257 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitKlondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park · 22 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyPicnic Vista 30 mi · Hamma Hamma Cabin 34 mi · Interrorem Cabin 34 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

Explore

Why you would stay

Map

4 nearby listings

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 70000647. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.