National Historic Landmark - W. T. PRESTON (Snagboat)

W. T. PRESTON (1939) is one of two surviving U.S. Army Corps of Engineers snagboats and bucket dredges. Snagboats were part of a nationwide, decades-long commitment by the Army Corps to river and harbor improvement in the United States. W. ...

National Historic Landmark - Virginia V (Steamer)

Virginia V is one of two surviving members of the American "mosquito fleet"--the large, unlicensed steamers that worked the inland waters of United States. She was built in 1922 for the West Pass Transportation Company, whose steamers carried passengers, produce, ...

Nat. Historic Landmrk-Seattle Electric Co.Georgetown Steam Plnt

Erected in 1906-08, this reinforced concrete building houses the last operational examples of the Curtis Vertical Steam Turbogenerator, the first type of large-scale steam turbine developed. This new technology established General Electric as a leader in the manufacture of steam ...

National Historic Landmark - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was the principal repair establishment for the U.S. Navy's battle-damaged battleships and aircraft carriers, as well as smaller warships, of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. Five of the eight battleships bombed at Pearl Harbor ...

National Historic Landmark - Port Townsend

Once a customs station on Puget Sound, the town flourished in the 1880s, but collapsed in the 1889 land speculation debacle. The district contains many fine late 19th-century commercial and residential structures.

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National Historic Landmark - Port Gamble Historic District

One of the earliest and most important lumber-producing centers on the Pacific Coast. Still active, with a variety of architectural styles, Port Gamble exemplifies the mid-19th century company-owned town.

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National Historic Landmark - Pioneer Bldg, Pergola, & Totem Pole

The Pioneer Building, completed in 1892 and built on the site of the home of one of the city's founding father's, is Richardsonian Romanesque in style. It is one of the best preserved buildings in Pioneer Square, the heart of ...

National Historic Landmark - Paradise Inn

A rustic hotel with furnishings in the lobby that have a hand-crafted artistry and Gothic feeling reminiscent of northern European woodwork. Built in 1916 on a smaller scale than the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park, it was part ...

National Historic Landmark - Panama Hotel

The Panama Hotel is an example of the single-room occupancy hotels that characterized Seattle's historic nihomachi, today a part of the city's International District. The basement of the building includes the Hasidate Yu, the best surviving example of an urban ...

National Historic Landmark - Marmes Rockshelter

The most outstanding archeological site yet discovered in the Northwest. Excavations at the site have revealed the earliest burials in the Pacific Northwest (c. 5500-4500 BC) and possibly the oldest human remains yet encountered in the Western Hemisphere (c. 11,000-9,000 ...