Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.101aDescription
Photo of the two story building at 17 NW Front Street. It has a central peak roof line, one large window in second story, large front window and offset front door. There are two cars parked on that side of the street. Sign in the window: The Cove. Sign over the door: Chamber of Commerce, Central Whidbey Island. On the back: Lester Still law office 1909, Island Co. Times, W.T. Howard Pub. 1906. Photo - 1971
1909 Judge Still's office with office in back for A.N. Corbin, 1913 barber shop, 1916 James Zylstra Attorney office, 1954 briefly Alden Whelan law office, Rocks and Shells, Chamber of Commerce, 1970s The Cove, 1996 renovation and apartment on second story, 1998 construction office for production of Practical Magic movie, 1999-2014 Mariti Chocolate Co., 2014-2017 Emily's Sweets and Treets, no commercial occupant at this time.
At some point it looks like it was raised up - the windows in more recent photos are level with the next building. Plus the window was narrowed, made smaller and is attached with the door frame.
From old entry:
Lester Still Law Office 1909, island County Times - W.P. Howard Pub. 1906
Unit 6, Drawer A (Coupeville Front St.)
Per PNRO page 153: built in 1909 as a law office, various businesses, as of 1983 there was no running water in the building.
http://chwahistoriccoupeville.com/buildings/mariti.html and from "A Peculiar Friend" by Jimmie Jean Cook.
From folder: Coupeville, 17 NW Front Street, Lester Still Law Office 1909, Island County Times, W.T. Howard Publishing 1986, The CoveMade/Created
Date made
1971Place
City
Coupeville, WashingtonCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonRegion
Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey IslandContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Still, Judge LesterPerson or Organization
Howard