The DuPont Village Historic District is a historic district and neighborhood of DuPont, Washington. It is roughly bounded by Brandywine Ave, DuPont Ave, Santa Cruz St, and Penniman St.[2] The village was originally a company town built by the DuPont chemical company to house workers for the nearby dynamite plant.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987; the listing included 80 contributing buildings on 43 acre.[1]
History
The village is near the area where the original Fort Nisqually once stood. The fort was built by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1833 and operated until 1869, after which the last officer at the fort, Edward Huggins, gained ownership of the land. The Huggins family sold the land to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in 1906.[3]