Port Townsend Historic District WA

Once a customs station on Puget Sound, the town flourished in the 1880s, but collapsed in the 1889 land speculation debacle. The district contains many fine late 19th-century commercial and residential structures.

Quick Facts

Go Historic ID: 277345
Names: Port Townsend Historic District
Location: Port Townsend
Jefferson County
Washington
United States
North America

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Timeline

17 May 1976: Port Townsend Historic District added to National Register of Historic Places
5 May 1977: Port Townsend Historic District designated a National Historic Landmark

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National Register Data

Port Townsend Historic District has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information. Note: some of this data may have become outdated since the listing date. View full NRHP data →

National Register ID: 76001883
Date Listed: 19760517
Name: Port Townsend Historic District
Other Names: See Also:Fowler House;Rothschild House;St. Paul's Episcopal
Address: Roughly bounded by Scott, Blaine, Walker, and Taft Sts., and the Waterfront
City/Town: Port Townsend
County: Jefferson
State: Washington
Category: district
Level of Significance: national
Years of Significance: 1858; 1890
Areas of Significance: COMMERCE; TRANSPORTATION; EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT; POLITICS/GOVERNMENT; ARCHITECTURE; SOCIAL HISTORY