A small community on the north shore of Appletree Cove. It was named for William P. Kingston, a lumberman, who started operations there in 1888. Kingston is a terminal in the State Ferry System.
Kingston
Points of Interest 
Kingston Hotel
The Kingston Hotel was built in 1890 by Cicero C Calkins., a famous Seattle developer, and S.B. Brierly, president of the Kingston Land and Improvement Company, the year Kingston was platted. Calkins has built an ornate hotel on Mercer Island and dreamed of Kingston as a resort hideaway for Seattle folk. However, Calkins pulled out of the relationship with Brierly, which led Brierly to build a more modest building, devoid of ornamentation. The hotel had several operators until 1907 when Richard O. Worthington purchased it. The family and its heirs ran the hotel and resided there until 1949. A freed slave named Cora was the Worthington’s cook and Kingston’s first black resident, circa 1913.
Kingston School House
The Kingston School House is a 4 room school house that served as a focal point for the early community. In 1888 residents of the various settlements (Kingston, Port Gamble, etc.) joined together to form a school district designated Kingston No. 18. When built in 1909, the Kingston School would educate students of local families as well as Native Americans, Asian and other European immigrants. From 1909 to 1951, the building was the first consolidated school in Kitsap County. Astronaut Richard Gordon is a famous alumnus.
Points of Interest
Kingston Hotel
The Kingston Hotel was built in 1890 by Cicero C Calkins., a famous Seattle developer, and S.B. Brierly, president of the Kingston Land and Improvement Company, the year Kingston was platted. Calkins has built an ornate hotel on Mercer Island and dreamed of Kingston as a resort hideaway for Seattle folk. However, Calkins pulled out of the relationship with Brierly, which led Brierly to build a more modest building, devoid of ornamentation. The hotel had several operators until 1907 when Richard O. Worthington purchased it. The family and its heirs ran the hotel and resided there until 1949. A freed slave named Cora was the Worthington’s cook and Kingston’s first black resident, circa 1913.
Kingston School House
The Kingston School House is a 4 room school house that served as a focal point for the early community. In 1888 residents of the various settlements (Kingston, Port Gamble, etc.) joined together to form a school district designated Kingston No. 18. When built in 1909, the Kingston School would educate students of local families as well as Native Americans, Asian and other European immigrants. From 1909 to 1951, the building was the first consolidated school in Kitsap County. Astronaut Richard Gordon is a famous alumnus.
