Port Townsend's Downtown Commercial Buildings
Captain Henry Tibbals Building Built / 1889 Architects: Whiteway and Schroeder
Captain Tibbals erected this $28,000 building shortly before his retirement, using the money he had accumulated in a long and prosperous life in Port Townsend. The building originally included two saloons, a card room, lodgings, a real estate company and offices. At one time Tibbals and F.W. Pettygrove Jr., who owned the Pioneer Building next door considered adding an extra story to both their buildings and making them into one large first class hotel.
In the mid 1920s, the Palace Hotel (a brothel) occupied the buildings upper floors. The building today looks much the same as it did in 1890. The architects, Whiteway and Schroeder planned many of Port Townsend's distinctive buildings. This one of their most progressive designs, utilizing a Richardsonian / Romanesque style. The building established a new modern standard for design at the time of its completion.
Today the building is the home of the new Palace Hotel along with specialty shops and the Tyler Street Coffee House.
history: downtown commercial buildings : Captain Henry Tibbals Building