- Present Main Entrance
- **Men's Dwelling House
Originally constructed 1845/1846
Used to house laborers, these
dwellings were often partitioned into separate rooms.
- Factor/Officer's Dwelling House
Originally constructed 1854
This original building was built for
Dr. Tolmie after he persuaded the Company to build him a larger house to
replace the Tyee House by exchanging some of the Fort's cattle for
locally milled dimensional lumber. His house was built in the new
"Yankee style" instead of the standard post-in-sill, heavy-timber style
used in the majority of Fort Nisqually's other structures.
- Non-historic Storage
- **Kitchen
Originally constructed 1851
Located in close proximity to Dr.
Tolmie's house for efficient service, the kitchen likely contained a
large cooking stove, with a lean-to addition to accommodate the
blacksmith shop and a bakery. Meals were prepared for many laborers who
lived inside the fort, which made cooking a full-time job for more than
one cook.
- Main Gate
Historically the main entrance to the Fort.
- **Tyee House
Originally constructed 1843/44
Dr. Tolmie's original residence and
the gentlemen's dining hall until construction of the Factor House in
1854; the Tyee House was torn down shortly thereafter.
- Laborers' Dwelling
Used to house laborers, these dwellings were often partitioned into
separate rooms.
- **Storehouse #1
Originally constructed 1844
The "large store" warehoused supplies
and trade goods imported from Britain before distribution to other HBC
Forts throughout the region. It also stored agricultural products and
bales of furs for export.
- Clerks' Houses
Originally constructed 1849 and 1853
The established HBC procedure
of separating the clerks from the primary officers required the
construction of dwellings for these men. They were used as the clerks'
offices as well as living quarters for important visitors.
- Storehouse #2
Originally constructed 1846
Much like the larger Storehouse #1,
this building was historically used for the storage of goods. The
current exhibit is a working blacksmith shop that demonstrates how tools
and hardware were fabricated for company use and trade.
- Granary
Originally constructed 1851
An original HBC building and the
oldest standing building in the state of Washington, the Granary was
erected as a storage facility for the large annual harvests of the
Fort's produce and grain.
- Sales Shop
Originally constructed 1848
This building has a large trading room
also referred to as the "Indian Shop" because it contained a wide range
of commodities attractive to the Native Americans. The early American
settlers also found the shop a valuable place to purchase basic needs.
- Bastion
Originally constructed 1848
The primary purpose of the bastions
was for defense of the Fort, but they also served occasionally as jails
and living quarters.
- **Postern/Water Gate
Originally constructed 1848
Historically, a smaller gate for
access to Sequalitchew Creek.
