Fort Flagler State Park, named after an American civil war veteran, was once a coast artillery fort before being established as a state park in 1955 and added to teh National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The post was named for Brigadier General Daniel Webster Flagler, an American Civil War veteran who served as the Army's Chief of Ordnance. Fort Flagler was a Coast Artillery fort that along with Fort Worden and Fort Casey once guarded Admiralty Inlet, the nautical entrance to Puget Sound as part of a "Triangle of Fire" defensive plan. The property was purchased as a state park in 1955. May 3, 1976 The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. 
