The Hanna Rover House is significant because of its splendid example of advanced farmhouse construction. The house's form is rooted in the vernacular tradition of homestead houses built throughout America in the 19th Century. Its simple construction is hidden, however, by the carpenter's use of decorative details and the ability to avoid square corners and shapes. Charley (Dick) Williams built this house around 1912. Williams and his wife, Hanna, however,...

Chimacum is a community that was once the site of an Native American village. It was named for a now-extinct Native American tribe which once inhabited the valley. The town serves as the trade center for the surrounding agricultural lands and is home to Finn River Cider’s tasting facility on the former Bishop dairy farm.

Points of Interest

Bishop House and Office

Chimacum Post Office

Founded in 1886 by Captain Samuel Hadlock on the southwest shore of Port Townsend Bay immediately west of Indian Island. It was a sawmilling town for many years. For a time, the "Port" part of the name was dropped but it has been reattached to Hadlock making the community Port Hadlock once again.

Points of Interest

Methodist Episcopal Church

Galster House

Captain Shibles House

The significant engineering feature of this bridge is the steel box girder suspended span. This was the second bridge constructed in the United States with a steel box girder span, and one of the first five or six bridges of-its type built anywhere in the world. The Portage Canal Bridge was the only structure of this type built in Washington between 1951 and 1960. It was designed in 1950, constructed...

Mile: 3

The Freeman House is significant because it is representative of the craftsmanship of Tollef Sole, an early settler and craftsman of Nordland. The Freeman family also became very active in the local community. Roy Freeman was the first president of the Nordland Community Club in 1923. The Freeman Place was also an active small farm; they raised cattle, poultry, and crops for market.

Mile: 6

Nordland is a community near the center of Marrowstone Island on the east side of Mystery Bay. It was named for Peter F. Nordby, who owned land and platted the town site in 1892.

Mile: 7

Marrowstone Island is seven miles long and a half mile average width between Kilisut Harbor and Admiralty Inlet directly east of Native American Island. Fort Flagler State Park occupies north end of the island. Capt. George Vancouver named the northern end of the island Marrowstone Point on May 8, 1792. Eventually the name came into use for the entire island. The Wilkes Expedition named it, together with nearby Native American...

This coastal defense fort was located at Marrowstone Point on the northern end of Marrowstone Island. In 1897-1900, the fort was built but was abandoned in 1937. It was located in a triangular pattern with Fort Casey and Fort Worden. In 1899, it was named by U.S. Army officials for Brig. Gen. Daniel Webster Flagler, Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army, at the time the fort was completed. It was later...

Points of Interest

Fort Flagler

Mile: 10

Irondale is a community on Port Townsend Bay that was platted in May of 1909 and at one time had a population of fifteen hundred people.

Points of Interest

Hattie Williams House

Irondale Jail

Irondale Historic District

Fort Townsend was on Port Townsend Bay two and a half miles south of Port Townsend in northeast Jefferson County. Established on October 26, 1856, it was abandoned in 1893. It was named for Port Townsend, which had been named for the Marquis of Townshend. This fort was established in 1856 by the US Army under the order of Major Granville O. Haller. In the days of the Native American...

During the Native American troubles of the 1850s a military establishment called Fort Mason was built at or near Wilson Point adjoining the city of Port Townsend on the Strait of Juan de Fuca in northwest Clallam County. On April 4, 1900, Fort Worden was established as a coastal defense post. The fort was named in honor of Admiral John Lorimer Worden, who commanded the U.S.S. Monitor in her historic...