 A
Brief History
 
The Harbour Public House was originally the home of Amanda and Ambrose Grow.
The Grows were early settlers on Bainbridge Island and homesteaded a (640 acre)
section of the north Shore of Eagle Harbor. Their house was built in 1881 with
further additions over the next few years.
Construction started in 1990 and took almost two years to complete. The house
was in very poor condition; the original foundation was cedar rounds and, over
the years, much settlement and decay had occurred. The original construction
had been sound but rudimentary, the only significant aspect being the inside
walls which were of clear tongue-and-groove Douglas Fir from first-growth Bainbridge
Island trees milled at the Port Blakely Lumber Mill (then the largest lumber
mill in the world).
The rear
single-story portion of the house was so severely decayed that it had to be completely
rebuilt. The front two-story portion, however, was jacked up and, after a lower
basement floor and walls had been constructed, was re lowered and remodeled to
retain the original upstairs interior but with the original upstairs floor removed
and the load-bearing walls replaced with new heavy timber beams and posts.
The interior wood which was not retained was refinished and reused as wainscoting
throughout the building or re-milled as trim and cabinets. The booth tables and
mantelpiece are made from the original upstairs floor joists.
The Harbour Public House opened on December 27th, 1991 as the first non smoking
tavern in the Seattle area.
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