Fort Walla Walla Historic District | |
 Fort Walla Walla in 1906. | |
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| Location | 77 Wainwright Drive, Walla Walla, Washington |
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| Built | 1858 |
| Architectural style | Second Empire |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001985[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1974 |
Fort Walla Walla is a United States Army fort located in Walla Walla, Washington. The first Fort Walla Walla was established July 1856, by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Steptoe, 9th Infantry Regiment.[2][3] A second Fort Walla Walla was occupied September 23, 1856.[4] The third and permanent military Fort Walla Walla was built in 1858 and adjoined Steptoeville, now Walla Walla, Washington, a community that had grown up around the second fort.[4] An Executive Order on May 7, 1859 declared the fort a military reservation containing 640 acres devoted to military purposes and a further 640 acres each of hay and timber reserves.[5] On September 28, 1910 soldiers from the 1st Cavalry lowered the flag closing the fort.[6] In 1917, the fort briefly reopened to train men of the First Battalion Washington Field Artillery in support of action in World War I.[7] In 1921, the fort and property were turned over to the Veterans Administration where 15 original buildings from the military era remain.[8] Today, the complex contains a park,[9] a museum, and the Jonathan M. Wainright Memorial VA Medical Center.[10]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 48
- ^ U. S. Returns from Military Forts, August 1856- May 1867, viewed on September 15, 2014.
- ^ a b Whitman Mission US National Historic Site page The Many Fort Walla Wallas, http://www.nps.gov/whmi/historyculture/the-many-fort-walla-wallas.htm, viewed on September 15, 2014.
- ^ Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 49
- ^ Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 41
- ^ Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 42.
- ^ Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011,An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 2.
- ^ "Parks - City of Walla Walla". Archived from the original on 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
- ^ "Home". wallawalla.va.gov.