Fort Lawton

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Fort Lawton is a United States Army fort located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The fort was included in the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure list.

Fort Lawton opened in 1900 on a 1,100 acre (4.5 km²) site that had been given to the Army by the city in 1898. The Army offered to sell it back to the city for $1 in 1938 but the city refused, citing maintenance concerns. Much of the land was surplused in 1971, given to the city in 1972, and dedicated as Discovery Park in 1973. Fort Lawton still exists within the park as headquarters of the U.S. Army Reserve's 70th Regional Readiness Command and a military housing site.