Vashon Hardware Store

Vashon Hardware Store, now known as The Hardware Store Restaurant, is a commercial building in Vashon, Washington. Built in 1890, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[2]

Vashon Hardware Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Vashon Hardware Store
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Location	17601 99th Ave. SW, Vashon, Washington
Coordinates	47°26′50″N 122°27′34″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890 (1890)
Built by	Gorsuch, F.C.; Harrington, A.C.
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Moderne
NRHP reference No.	00000971[1]
Added to NRHP	August 10, 2000

Description

Vashon Hardware Store consists of two wood-frame structures that share an external facade. The main building is one-and-a-half stories and measures 40 by 125 feet (12 m × 38 m). The smaller building measures 16 by 40 feet (4.9 m × 12.2 m). The side-by-side buildings were constructed around 1890. Internal connections between the two buildings were added in 1973.^[2]

History

Frank Gorsuch built the original structure and operated it as a general store. It was the fourth store on the Island and the first in the Town of Vashon.^[3] In 1913, the business was sold to Fred and Henry Weiss^[4] who named it Weiss Bros. General Merchandise.^[5] The building was renamed Vashon Hardware Store in 1929 when it was purchased by George McCormick and C. G. Kimmel.^[3]

After years as a retail store run by members of the McCormick family, it was reopened as a restaurant in 2005.^[3]