Port Townsend Historic District
Heritage District · Port Townsend, Washington
A Victorian seaport at the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula that expected to become the largest harbour on the West Coast, built accordingly in the 1880s, and then lost the railroad to Seattle and stopped dead. The result is one of only three Victorian seaports designated a National Historic Landmark District in the United States - a downtown of 1880s brick and stone commercial blocks that were never demolished because nobody could afford to replace them, and a bluff above it lined with the houses of merchants who guessed wrong.
Water Street, Port Townsend, Washington, 98368, United States
The district is a working town and is open at all hours. Shops generally run 10 AM to 5 PM with more closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in winter than visitors expect. Restaurants and bars keep their own hours. Free to walk. The Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry to Whidbey Island runs from the waterfront and takes reservations.
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