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Kineth Farm, Tower House, 19162 State Route 20, Coupeville, Island County, WA
Summary
2011 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
Significance: This tower house is one of two complete remaining structures of its type on Whidbey Island and it is the most intact of the two. This building illustrates the development of farming and early water containment systems on the island. The Tower House was constructed c. 1900 and is part of the John Kineth Jr. farm complex. According to oral tradition in Coupeville the tower was constructed in 1896, however the concrete foundation of the structure bears the date 1911. Kineth consistently dated and signed buildings he constructed on this property.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1760
Survey number: HABS WA-248-C
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Choi, B. K., delineator
Campbell, Danielle, delineator
Butler, Jennifer, delineator
Berenschot, Lisa, delineator
Opp-Beckman, Lys, delineator
Beting, Don, faculty sponsor
Holmquist, Craig
Lloyd, George
Peters, Joan
Location
Coupeville (Wash.), 48.20475, -122.63454
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
