Vashon Hardware Store

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Vashon Hardware Store
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Vashon Hardware Store
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Location17601 99th Ave. SW, Vashon, Washington
Coordinates 47°26′50″N122°27′34″W / 47.44722°N 122.45944°W / 47.44722; -122.45944 (Vashon Hardware Store) Coordinates: 47°26′50″N122°27′34″W / 47.44722°N 122.45944°W / 47.44722; -122.45944 (Vashon Hardware Store)
Arealess than one acre
Built1890 (1890)
Built byGorsuch, F.C.; Harrington, A.C.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial, Moderne
NRHP reference No. 00000971 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 2000

Vashon Hardware Store, now known as The Hardware Store Restaurant, is a commercial building in Vashon, Washington. Built in 1890, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [2]

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Description

Vashon Hardware Store consists of two wood-frame structures that share an external facade. The main building is one-and-a-half stories and measures 40 by 125 feet (12 m × 38 m). The smaller building measures 16 by 40 feet (4.9 m × 12.2 m). The side-by-side buildings were constructed around 1890. Internal connections between the two buildings were added in 1973. [2]

History

Frank Gorsuch built the original structure and operated it as a general store, the first in Vashon and the fourth on Vashon Island. [3] In 1913, the business was sold to Fred and Henry Weiss [4] who named it Weiss Bros. General Merchandise. [5] The building was renamed Vashon Hardware Store in 1929 when it was purchased by George McCormick and C. G. Kimmel. [3]

After years as a retail store run by members of the McCormick family, it was reopened as a restaurant in 2005. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Julie M. Koler (April 14, 2000). National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Vashon Hardware Store. National Park Service . Retrieved May 30, 2019. With 5 accompanying pictures
  3. 1 2 3 "The Hardware Store" (PDF). Vashon History. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. Haulman, Bruce. "The Hardware Store-A Brief History". Vashon Heritage Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. Haulman, Bruce; Findlay, Jean Cammon (2011). Images of America: Vashon-Maury Island. Arcadia Publishing. p. 49. ISBN   978-0-7385-7499-8.