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337: 349: 64: 313:. It was 47,966 square feet (4,456.2 m) in size and had approximately 150 rooms. The Salvation Army sold it to the U.S. Army on July 21, 1921, for the nominal price of one dollar. It was briefly known as the Camp Lewis Apartments, then the Camp Lewis Inn, and from 1927 the Fort Lewis Inn. In August 1972, after the new Fort Lewis Lodge opened near the Main Post Headquarters, the building was preserved to become the new home for the fort's museum. The inn officially became the Fort Lewis Military Museum on July 18, 1973. It gained its NRHP listing in February 1979. 325: 361: 48: 373: 385: 71: 280:
rocket. The current director is Erik Flint. The museum was reopened in 2012 after a two-year renovation. The museum closed on July 2, 2016, and reopened on August 31, 2017, after renovations of the interior exhibits to include dioramas and interactive features.
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era, when the present Fort Lewis was "Camp Lewis". It is the only remaining structure from a onetime recreational area that was called Greene Park. The building, in
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Established in 1971, the museum was originally housed in a two-story barracks. In July 1973, it was moved to the old Fort Lewis Inn.
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Inside the museum are approximately 10,000 square feet (930 m) of interior displays of various collections of
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The Red Shield Inn is one of two surviving Fort Lewis buildings that date back to the
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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
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107,000. It was named the Red Shield Inn, based on the Salvation Army
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lewis Army Museum is located in Washington (state)
Fort Lewis, Washington
47°5′50″N 122°36′2″W / 47.09722°N 122.60056°W / 47.09722; -122.60056
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military
museum
Joint Base Lewis–McChord
the state of Washington
National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. Army
West Coast
uniforms
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I Corps
9th Infantry Division
Medical Corps
military vehicles
weapons
Nike-Hercules Missile
Honest John
World War I
Western Stick
Spokane, Washington
Salvation Army
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Vietnamese sandals made from recycled tire treads

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