History Tour

Looking into Downtown Port Orchard from the water side, 20 years in the making. This photo was taken in 1884. The next photo was taken in 1911, see the difference! […]

Widened and filled, downtown has grown. Looking west from Harrison Ave. The bend on Bay Street near Harrison, looking west through downtown Port Orchard. Holiday in downtown Port Orchard, complete […]

Each end of Bay Street was marked by iconic landmark buildings. The east endcontained the Silver Springs Brewery and the west end by the huge Sidney Sewer Pipe and Terra […]

Central Hotel at the base of Sidney Ave with the Firehouse to the left. The Central Hotel, once built on piers above Sinclair inlet sat at the bottom of Sidney […]

The Original home of Kitsap County Bank at the corner of Frederick Ave and Bay Street. Over the past century, Kitsap County Bank has grown considerably.

Power lines, but no automobiles quite yet.  Dirt down the middle of the road to absorb leaking oil. Improvements continue in downtown, more and bigger cars on the road.

Bay Street was originally nothing but a beach. The shoreline was gradually filled in to form Bay Street. Downtown Port Orchard has undergone decades of fill. Filling continued into the […]

Navy View Hotel at Kitsap St and Austin Ave Flash flood in 1910, slid the hotel down a block to the corner of Frederick and Prospect The original hotel burned […]

The block house being built in the lower right corner was a “Sears & Roebuck” house. It still exists. Looking down Harrison Ave, notice the steamer H.B Kennedy leaving the […]