Albert C. Adams House
history : victorian homes : Adams House
1028 Tyler Street / Built 1889
This impressive three story turreted home was built for $5,000. Albert C. Adams, was the owner / builder and the mortgage was held by Captain John Quincy Adams. Captain Adams was a direct descendent of the Presidential Adams family. Later the home was owned by Charles Koons who was the first Lieutenant Governor of the state of Washington and Mayor of Port Townsend for three terms.
The house was built for speculation. Adams lost the property in foreclosure in 1893 to the First National Bank. The first tenants of the home were George B. Hinds and Edward S. Campbell who owned a real estate and insurance company.
The house used the Bracketed Villa Style, Queen Anne and Stick Style.The house has prominent gables and a dramatic turret. The house is nearly 4,000 square feet and is on an 18,000 square feet lot. There are four large bedrooms, one of which is a five room master suite, 4.5 baths, 5 gas fireplaces, parlor, dining room, study, large kitchen, working kitchen, laundry, and basement.
Later restored as a family home with spectacular furnishings and beautiful gardens. In the parlor are lace curtains hanging from lofty heights and in one corner there is a carved throne-like chair, made for the steel magnate Andrew Mellon.
Today the house is known as the Captain John Quincy Adams House, and is a former bed and breakfast that is currently for sale, asking price: $1,450,000
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