Fort Worden
Also known as: Fort Worden Historic DistrictCherry and W Sts., Port Townsend, Washington
Photos
Fort Worden Balloon Hangar, North of W Street
1. General view of site, showing east front of hangar
Photo from the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
Description
The Fort Worden Balloon Hangar is one of two surviving such hangars of the six built, constructed on U.S. military forts during the 1920s to house observation balloons. The design appears to have been unique to the purpose, and no records of similar hangars have been identified to date to the National Archives and Records Service or the Center of Military History. The hangar is located within a National Historic District and is significant for its association with the military use of Fort Worden and also for its light truss construction.
-- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER WA-23)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1974
- Reference number
- 74001954
- Areas of significance
- Military; Engineering
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Military facility; Fortification
- Current functions
- Meeting hall; Single dwelling; Government office; Multiple dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899
- Significant years
- 1898; 1920
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 59
Contributing structures: 12
Update Log
- May 22, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- October 6, 2016: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger