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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2E_water-towers_Port-Gamble-WA.html
Water Towers. The first tower was built in 1880 and a second tower was built by 1885. The tanks were built so that water could be piped to hydrants located near the mills, docks, and primary community buildings. . . In 1892 a San Francisco cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E2A_port-gamble-centennial_Port-Gamble-WA.html
Port Gamble Centennial. . This stone brought from the State of Maine commemorates the Centennial of the town and lumber mill of Port Gamble founded September 1, 1853 by three men from Maine Andrew J. Pope . William C. Talbot . Cyrus Walker.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E1V_duplex_Poulsbo-WA.html
Duplex. Originally built as a dormitory for girls working at the Puget Hotel; it later housed Chinese workers who worked at the Puget Hotel from 1925 until 1936, when they left Port Gamble. . . Earliest record of Chinese in Port Gamble was 1870…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0Z_service-station_Port-Gamble-WA.html
Service Station. One of the last structures erected in Port Gamble, this building symbolizes the rise of the automobile which reduced the need for company towns after world war one. Pope and Talbot leased the property to a private operator, ensuri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U3_port-gamble-market_Port-Gamble-WA.html
Here the company sold meat and vegetables raised by local farmers. The building was remodeled into a garage after the market moved into the store building in 1916
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U2_james-sarah-thompson-house_Kingston-WA.html
This is the oldest continuously occupied house in the state of Washington. James Thompson came to Port Gamble on the schooner Towana and his descendants lived in the home for more than 99 years. The Thompsons owned the house as private property an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U1_wm-walker-e-g-ames-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
William Walker, master mechanic, lived here with his wife Emma, daughter Maude, and son-in-law Edwin Ames. The house was close to the mill so Walker was nearby in case of emergencies. Ames was the resident manager from 1883-194 and then general ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24U0_camperdown-elm_Poulsbo-WA.html
It was in 1640 that the "Earl of Camperdown" in Dundee Scotland noticed a branch growing on the floor of his elm forest. He grafted it to a Scotch Elm tree and it took hold producing the first Camperdown Elm. The Scotch Elm is the only root mass t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TZ_st-pauls-church_Poulsbo-WA.html
Modeled after the Congregational Church of East Machias, Maine. The steeple bell was a gift from the San Francisco Pope & Talbot's officers' wives. It arrived by sailing vessel in 1879. The church's steeple and original Congregational affiliation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24ST_morrill-s-pope-house_Poulsbo-WA.html
This house was barged over from Port Ludlow after 1929. At Port Ludlow, this was Morrill Pope's house, who was supervisor of the mill. This house replaces the earlier John Seavey house that had stood here since 1870.