Yakima’s Hidden Gem: A Victorian House Dating Back To 1890
Could this be the oldest house in Yakima? According to some sources, this is the oldest house, if not one of the oldest. It's tucked away behind a bunch of big old pine trees. They are probably just as old as the house is!
North 9th Street: One of the Oldest Streets in Yakima
Back in the day when the town of Yakima was just a baby, a few years after some squabbles between the townsfolk and a railroad tycoon, somebody built this house on North 9th Street. The year was 1890.
Today, the property of this Victorian-style home rests on .35 acres and was most recently notable for being a place where you could stop and buy some live earthworms and other hand-crafted stuff for fishing lure. Did you get a chance to meet Mr. Nowlin? He named his business, "Bob's Flies." I heard that he passed away a few years back. RIP.
According to local town lore (and yakima.wa.gov), this house is listed on the Yakima Register of Historic Places.
"The residence is an architecturally significant example of a Queen Anne cottage in Yakima. Built between 1888 and 1890, the house reflects Victorian folk architecture typical of the city’s first period of development (1885-1900)." YakimaWA.gov
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The house is located at 203 N 9th St and is also known as the James Green House, named after the man who built the home back in 1890.
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