The farm was originally owned by the Wilsons, who sold the farm to relatives Gerhart and Frances (Gallanger) Kring in the early 1940s. The barn had been used for all livestock and had a large milking area, as well as horse stalls and a bull pen. The farm is unique in that it is split by Richardson road.

In 1888, a quarter section was homesteaded by Walter Higgins. The barn was raised in 1910. The 48 tree posts holding the roof were raised by the farmer, a neighbor and a mule with block and tackle. The upper doors open to a hay storage loft. An attached small building was for milk storage.

The Thomas H. Graham house, built circle 1908, is significant for its association to the Graham family, early pioneers of Lopez Island and influential business leaders. Furthermore, the home is a representative example of a typical turn-of-the-century farmstead found not he San Juan Islands. The home was designed in the American Foursquare tradition and boasts typical features of the style.

A small, partly-enclosed harbor at the south end of Mackaye Harbor on the south shore of Lopez Island in southeast San Juan County is called Barlow Bay. It was named for Capt. Arthur Barlow, who left a British sailing vessel to settle there during the San Juan boundary dispute, and remained for the rest of his life.

Points of Interest

Jevick Fishing Cabin

Mackaye Harbor

Iceberg Point

Agate Beach County Park

The Port Stanley School, while modestly designed and suffering from neglect, remains the best-preserved example of early education on Lopez Island. Equally significant is the rural landscape component which envelopes the school site and validates the historical values of the island’s settlement period. Port Stanley, located at the northeast corner of Lopez Island, was one of three very small rural community center on the island. Each community consisted of a...

This semi-circular bay, with Port Stanley on the south side, is at the northeast end of Lopez Island directly south of Humphrey Head in central San Juan County. The name was given for the family of Charles and Catherine Swift who settled there in 1862.