Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.076Description
Photo of a building with a false front, front porch. There are two doors and two wide windows. The door on the right is double. A sign on the false front: Seagull Restaurant. Toby's Tavern is on the right, Antiques on the left. A group of people are cleaning the street from debris. On the back: Post festival cleanup. Left to right: Emily Ramsey, Val Arnold, Judy Suval Lynn, Lee Audust, ?, Lyla Suvovoer?, 1980s.
This building is 10 NW Front Street. Store, restaurants, Seagull Restaurant. Remodeled and 2nd story with gabled window on right side added in 2017-2019, Rain Puddles Kid Boutique on left; right vacant at this time.
From old entry: Front Street view, Antique store in foreground with people sweeping street
Unit 6, Drawer A (Coupeville Front Street)
Per PNRO page 159: built 1866 and acquired by John Robertson. Various restaurants. Dock built in 1883 now gone. Photo in book is Portofino restaurant.
http://chwahistoriccoupeville.com/buildings/rstore.html has more details and photos as does "A Peculiar Friend" by Jimmie Jean Cook. Basic timeline: 1909 candy store, 1910 Kineth and Wiggins Store, 1912 Busy Bee Restaurant, 1916 Benson sold candy and ice cream, 1918 Capaan butcher shop/meat market, 1948 Jule's Cafe, 1964 Sea Gull Cafe, 1971 SeaGull, 1976 Feds padlocked it. 1980-1982 Porto Fino, 1991 Ryan's Landing, 1992 Captain Jack's Galley, 1995-2007 Mad Crab, 2013 unoccupied until major renovation 2017-2019. 2019- Rain Puddles Kid Boutique (on left side).
From folder: Coupeville, 10 NW Front Street, John Robertson Store, Mad Crab.Made/Created
Place
City
Coupeville, WashingtonCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonRegion
Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey IslandContinent
North AmericaNotes
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Category 08: Communication Objects