New York House - Port Gamble Historic District - Port Gamble, WA
N 47° 51.315 W 122° 35.048
10T E 531108 N 5300295
This former residence and marker are located in the historic former milltown of Port Gamble, WA.
Waymark Code: WMH1F5
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2013
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Visitors to the historic town of
Port Gamble are inundated with historical elements throughout the township. Almost every building in this town contains a historical marker that highlights the history of prior occupants. Each marker stands out nicely on painted burgundy boards and gold lettering. This historic former residence contains a marker on the front fence that reads:
1863
New York House
The house was built by the company in order to attract and retain
the resident physicians who lived there over a long period of time.
It likely served both as hospital and home to the town's resident
physician until sometime prior to 1929, when the hospital was
situated closer to the mill. |
The following comes from the NRHP nomination form:
The New York House and House No. 76 are sufficiently elaborate to suggest they were constructed by employees who tended to embellish their dwelling more than did the company. It is likewise possible New
York House was built by the company in order to attract and retain the resident physicians who lived there over a long period of time. New York House has an imposing double-Rile plan unique among the nineteenth-century dwellings that survive at Port Gamble.
New York House served as a hospital by 1881 according to Leon Gervais and is identified as such in a photograph from 1907. It likely served both as hospital and home to the town's resident physician until sometime prior to 1929 when the Sanborn insurance map shows the hospital situated closer to the mill. The dwelling has been used solely for residential purposes since. For many years it was called the New York House for a reason now forgotten. The federal census offers two clues: The physician residing at Port Gamble in 1860. the earliest year the house could have been constructed, was born in New York, as was the Reverend N. W. Lane. who served as both physician and minister beginning in 1878.
This structure is currently home to Tango Zulu Imports, an artisan shop.