Area History
Port Townsend WA
The Monarch Hotel, formerly Waterstreet Hotel, offers its guests the old-world charm of historic Port Townsend, Washington, a Victorian seaport known for its panoramic mountain and water views. The Monarch Hotel occupies the second and third floors of historic N.D. Hill Building. It features waterfront rooms and suites in the heart of downtown Port Townsend. Even with such magnificent glimpses of the Salish Sea, Mount Baker, many of the other Cascade mountains, as well as the Olympic range, the hotel is in the heart of downtown Port Townsend. It's within walking distance of myriad shops, theaters, restaurants and the Port Townsend/ Coupeville ferry. The Monarch Hotel offers some of the most spacious rooms in this Victorian seaport.
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Architecture
Over 130 Years Old
Origins of Trade
The Waterstreet Hotel In the N.D. Hill Building, one of the two most ornate edifices in downtown Port Townsend, was designed by noted Seattle architect Elmer H. Fisher, who also designed the Hastings Building, Water & Taylor, and Seattle's famous Pioneer Building. Although principally Italianate in design, the N.D. Hill Building shows bot
The Waterstreet Hotel In the N.D. Hill Building, one of the two most ornate edifices in downtown Port Townsend, was designed by noted Seattle architect Elmer H. Fisher, who also designed the Hastings Building, Water & Taylor, and Seattle's famous Pioneer Building. Although principally Italianate in design, the N.D. Hill Building shows both Grecian and Romanesque influences. The exterior roof line is well known in architectural circles for the richly decorated eaves with the underlying corbels
Origins of Trade
Over 130 Years Old
Origins of Trade
The upper floors were offices and furnished rooms. Hill sold drugs, cigars, china, and glassware in a store on the ground floor from 1890 to 1928. He was a shrewd and hard-driving businessman who took full advantage of the pioneer opportunities available and involved himself in such diverse commercial activities as banking, railroading, s
The upper floors were offices and furnished rooms. Hill sold drugs, cigars, china, and glassware in a store on the ground floor from 1890 to 1928. He was a shrewd and hard-driving businessman who took full advantage of the pioneer opportunities available and involved himself in such diverse commercial activities as banking, railroading, sawmills, and telegraph companies. As a territorial representative and county commissioner, Hill became one of the leaders in the push for statehood. Hard times fell on Port Townsend in the 1890s, and the Hill family sold the building, beginning a long period of poor maintenance and neglect.
Over 130 Years Old
Over 130 Years Old
Over 130 Years Old
Erected in 1889 at a cost of $25,000 by retired pharmacist N.D. Hill, the building remains a beautiful example of the grace and affluence of old Port Townsend. Hill arrived in the Northwest in 1852, and after a stint of farming and managing an Indian Agency on Whidbey Island, he came to Port Townsend. Ultimately he became one of the most
Erected in 1889 at a cost of $25,000 by retired pharmacist N.D. Hill, the building remains a beautiful example of the grace and affluence of old Port Townsend. Hill arrived in the Northwest in 1852, and after a stint of farming and managing an Indian Agency on Whidbey Island, he came to Port Townsend. Ultimately he became one of the most successful and well respected men in the Territory of Washington. In addition to the retail pharmacy, Hill became the first manufacturer of medicines and drugs in the area.
