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Port Townsend is located at the northeastern tip of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and developed beginning about 1850 as a strategically placed well-sheltered deep-harbor port at the junction of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Admiralty Inlet, which provide access to Puget Sound. It grew as a major customs point, and as a shipment point for ...
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Port Townsend / ˈ t aʊ n z ən d / is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States.The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census.It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County.
United States Post Office – Port Townsend Main is a Richardsonian Romanesque building completed in 1893 on a bluff above Port Townsend's waterfront. It was intended to serve as a Federal building that would include a customhouse serving Port Townsend's incipient role in world trade.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Port Townsend, Washington" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1858, shortly after settling in Port Townsend, he established a new "Kentucky Store" which, in addition to being a regular mercantile store, provisioned ships and did some salvage operations. [5] [6] By 1881, shipping had become his primary focus and the business became "Rothschild & Company". Rothschild was found dead with a gunshot wound ...
The St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival church in Port Townsend, Washington. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1] It is included in Port Townsend Historic District which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. [2] [3]
The Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, Washington was built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was designed by architect W.A. Ritchie and is Romanesque Revival in style. [1] It has a 143 feet (44 m) tall tower. [2]