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It was built by David Charles Henry Rothschild in 1868. The house is managed by the Jefferson County Historical Society as a historic house museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970; [2] and is included in Port Townsend Historic District, which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. [3] [1]
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Washington is home to approximately 1,500, [3] and 80 of those are found partially or wholly in Jefferson County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
The museum acquired eight aircraft from the North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum when the latter closed in 2018. [3] On April 28, 2019, a PT-17 Stearman biplane that belonged to the museum made an emergency landing on a beach in Discovery Bay, Washington after an in flight engine failure. The forced landing onto the narrow sloping beach ...
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 .
Port Gamble Historic Museum Port Gamble: Kitsap Puget Sound History - Local website, includes period room displays, located on the 1st floor of the Port Gamble General Store and Cafe [27] Port Townsend Aero Museum: Port Townsend: Jefferson: Olympic Peninsula: Aviation: Antique and classic aircraft, located at Jefferson County International Airport
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,977. [1] The county seat and only incorporated city is Port Townsend. [2]
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]
County courthouse. 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 ...