Liberty, Washington

Liberty is a community in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.^[2] Following the discovery of gold in Swauk creek in 1873, Liberty was one of several gold-mining camps that sprang up. The Swauk creek discovery is notable for producing specimens of crystalline gold.

Liberty Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Liberty
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Location	Both sides of Williams Creek Wagon Rd., Liberty, Washington
Area	23 acres (9.3 ha)
Built	1873 (1873)
NRHP reference No.	74001965[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1974

Crystalline gold specimen from Liberty (detail), overall size 3.6 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm

Liberty was formerly known as Williams Creek.^[3] It was given its name in 1892 by Gus Nelson.^[4]

Liberty was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[5]

Buildings in Liberty Historical District

Buildings contributing to the designation of Liberty Historical District include:

• Hotel and boarding house: a two-story woodframe structure built in the 1890s.
• Grocery store: a one-story woodframe structure built in the 1890s.
• Butcher shop: a one-story woodframe structure built in 1894.
• Log house: built in the 1890s by miners and moved from the Old Liberty Mine in 1944.
• Stage office: a one-room structure built in the 1890s.