Vashon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Vashon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Vashon Island sits in the midpoint of southern Puget Sound, between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. In the nearby Pacific Ocean, roughly 170 miles (270 km) west of Vashon Island, lies the 700-mile (1,130 km) tectonic boundary known as the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and as such, Vashon Island is one of many areas at risk for earthquakes or related natural disasters. The Cascadia Subduction Zone last saw a major rupture in 1700, but the potential of the zone could cause one of the worst natural disasters in the history of North America.
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Start Vashon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vashon’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewKvisvik-Martindale Farm, Chicken …: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Vashon
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Vashon, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
7 historic places in Vashon
7 places in Vashon are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1994Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant
Listed 2000Colvos Store
Listed 2000Helmer and Selma Steen House
Listed 2000Vashon Hardware Store
Listed 2004Point Robinson Light StationListed 1983Dockton HotelListed 2000Shawnee HouseThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Kvisvik-Martindale Farm, Chicken House, 11802 Southwest 156th Street and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.