The C. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial Trust, managed by the Seattle Foundation, awarded a $57,000 grant to the Quilcene Historical Museum. The award completed the capital campaign to purchase Worthington Park. Mr. Birkenfeld passed away in 2005 leaving his substantial estate to be distributed through grants made annually to deserving non-profit organizations for the purpose of […]
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Mansion in Motion! This crew of amazing local specialists are moving the mansion off her old foundation, so she can wait in midair while a new modern foundation is created. Then she will move back to the original position on the property. Thank you to the PTLeader.com for the wonderful article and photo. Pictured below […]
To the sound of trumpet fanfare from the Freddy Pink Band on Saturday night July 20, 2013, Mari Phillips, Quilcene Historical Museum Chairman, announced the successful conclusion of Phase I for Worthington Park in Quilcene, Washington. “It simply doesn’t get much better than this, Phillips remarked. Little under two years ago our Board embarked upon […]
To view a larger version, click on an image below. Property Features Main Page | Tree Work | House Clean-up Barn Opening | Removing a Boat from the Barn More Information about the Barn
To view a larger version, click on an image below. Property Features Main Page | Tree Work | House Clean-up Barn Opening | Removing a Boat from the Barn More Information about the House
To view a larger version, click on an image below. Property Features Main Page | Tree Work | House Clean-up Barn Opening | Removing a Boat from the Barn More Information about the Barn
Wellesley Peak is named for a member of the Worthington family, Grace Worthington Swabey, who attended Wellesley College in 1914 to 1916. The first Quilcene forest ranger for the U.S. Forest Service was G.A. Whitehead who came to Quilcene in 1910 and worked exploring the National Forest for eight years. He explored every stream to […]
Mt Worthington stands 6938′ (2115 m) tall. A saddle ridge at 6100′ connects Mt Worthington to Hawk Peak which reaches 6545′ (1995 m) Mount Worthington was named for the William J. Worthington family, pioneers in the town of Quilcene. In 1886 Will Worthington began selling groceries and provisions from a sloop on Hood Canal, and […]