Fort Nisqually, Trading post and museum in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, United States

Fort Nisqually is a living history museum in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, with two original Hudson's Bay Company buildings moved from the DuPont site: the 1843 granary, the oldest building in Washington state, and the Factor's House. The granary is a rare surviving example of HBC post-and-plank construction. Reconstructed buildings include a single-story wooden structure with weathered brown plank walls, a moss-covered shingle roof, a small window with white muntins and a red shutter, and a large wooden wagon wheel leaning beneath it.

The Hudson's Bay Company founded this post in 1833 as a fur trading center on the Pacific coast. It became a vital link between European markets and the region's resources and communities for decades to come.

The post operated as a meeting place where European merchants and Indigenous peoples interacted in daily trade and exchange. This interaction shaped the social connections and economic patterns that defined the early Pacific Northwest.

The museum occupies a fenced area within Point Defiance Park, with the granary and Factor's House set among reconstructed buildings. Paths are level and walkable; the granary's raised floor and the Factor's House steps may limit wheelchair access. Allow about an hour to see the buildings and exhibits.

The Factor's House and Granary are the only surviving Hudson's Bay Company buildings remaining anywhere in the United States. These two original structures offer direct insight into the construction methods and materials used during that trading era.