There were once a row holiday cabins at Crescent Beach (Crescent Beach Cabins), however, they were closed following the Columbus Day wind storm of 1962 which was so strong that it blew some of the roofs off. One of the cabins survives today as a private home.
The Crow Valley photograph Crow Valley Circa 1910 shows a new, whitewashed barn and a variety of crops. The shots of the wagon and Olga Store are from the Clara Abrahamsen family.
In the upper, lefthand side of the image Eastsound Aerial 1950s, in a location now occupied by the Orcas Island Market employee parking lot, stands a single home surrounded by trees. This is the Langell’s Farmhouse which was built in the 1890s. In the 1960s it was my grandparents’ guesthouse. We would stay there and walk to eat dinner at the Inn on Madrona Point until it closed in 1967.
A 1950s, aerial view of the town of Eastsound and Madrona Point.
A view of Eastsound and Buck Mountain around the 1930s
A mid-1950s view down Main St. in Eastsound showing a line of cars parked in front of Templin’s Center.
Eastsound village looking east. The church in the middle of the frame was the community church, which moved to its new location in the 1960s. The former church now houses the Brown Bear bakery.
The community church, Roger Purdue’s gas station and the Outlook Inn line Main Street in Eastsound.
Members of the Stitch and Gossip group participate in the 4th of July parade.
The Olga Store is seen here in its prime on a beautiful, snowy day.
An old, abandoned wagon near Olga
This hand colored photograph shows Ansel Eckmann, the owner of Buckhorn Lodge.
Norton’s Store in Deer Harbor had a popular dance hall upstairs.
A proud farmer surveys his crop from his farm overlooking Massacre Bay near Westsound.
A freshly planted plum orchard near Westsound
This early 1900s scene shows a beautiful, Crow Valley barn and farm that can still be enjoyed today.
This view looking southwest shows the Norton Inn on the left and Fawn Island and the Wasp Island chain in the background.
These holiday cabins once stood on the shore of Crescent Beach. All but one of them were destroyed by an infamous windstorm in 1962 resulting in the closure of the resort and the owners moving to Seattle.