Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.095Description
Photo of the front of the Confectionery shop at 16 NW Front Street. The store has a central door with wide and tall front windows on either side and another door on the far right. It is at least two stories. Three windows on second story. Fences on both sides. On the back: Benson's Confectionery, 1916. Now Liquor Store. #165B
1874 Sill Residence until it was moved to two locations, now on Coveland. In 1916 new building on lot - Benson gift store and confectionery with apartment above. 1940s-1950s liquor in back, Howard's Gifts Store in front, 1980s King's Liquor Store, 1995 Kingfisher Bookstore with apartment above, 2018 sold, still Kingfisher with apartment.
From old entry: Benson's Confectionary. Later the liquor store and in 2007 a bookstore
1916. Catalogued in 2007.
Unit 6, Drawer A (Coupeville - Benson's Confectionery)
Per PNRO page 154: built in 1916 gift store and confectionery. Still same until 1970s. Liquor store and apartment above.
http://chwahistoriccoupeville.com/buildings/kingfisher.html and from "A Peculiar Friend" by Jimmie Jean Cook.
From folder: Coupeville, 16 NW Front Street, Kingfisher, Benson's Confectionery, Liquour Store, Washington State Liquor.Acquisition
Accession
2019.042Source or Donor
Sherman, Dale & LizMade/Created
Place
City
CoupevilleCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaRegion
Whidbey IslandNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Shops, Bookstores, Liquor stores, ConfectioneriesRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Benson, Sam