N. D. Hill Building. Port Townsend Historic District
by Connie Fox
Title
N. D. Hill Building. Port Townsend Historic District
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Bw Sepia Photo
Description
ONE OF MY SOLD IMAGES, AVAILABLE AGAIN
Frontal view showing three sides of the 19th century N. D. Hill building, c. 1868, in Port Townsend, Washington. This vintage building, rendered as a vertical black-and-white sepia, is located in the Port Townsend Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, making it a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. ONE OF MY SOLD IMAGES AND AVAILABLE AGAIN. (See paper, frame, and mat suggestion below.)
Port Townsend is located in Jefferson County, at the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the north shore of Washington. The population of Port Townsend is about nine thousand. Its area is about nine square miles, some of which is water.
In addition to its natural scenery, Port Townsend is known for the many Victorian buildings remaining from its late 19th-century heyday. By the late 19th century, Port Townsend was a well-known seaport, very active and banking on the future. Many homes and buildings were built during that time, with most of the architecture ornate Victorian.
With the other Puget Sound ports growing in size, Port Townsend saw a rapid decline in population when the Northern Pacific Railroad failed to connect the city to the eastern Puget Sound city of Tacoma, near Seattle. By the late 1890s, the boom was over. Without the railroad to spur economic growth, the town shrank and investors looked elsewhere to make a good return.
Since the 1970s new residents, including many retirees, have moved to town. The waterfront retail district has restaurants, services, and tourist destinations.
Copyright 2012-13 Connie Steitz Fox
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Featured on the homepages of these groups: Hotel Lobby Art, Today's Best Art, Beauty, Beauty Captured. Also featured in FAA Featured Images, Weekly Fun For All Mediums, Premium FAA Artists, and Amazing FAA Photographers. Featured in Landscape and Landmark Photography and Arches--For Artists and Buyers. Homepage features in Images That Excite You, No Place Like Home, and USA Photographers, July 2019; Compact Digital Camera Photographers Group, November 2022; Vertical Images, December 2022; 500 Views and Just Perfect, January 2023.
A Top Finisher in the Bricks Contest, September 2014, and the Forgotten by Time Contest - Windows, July 2019. N. D. Hill Building.
Port Townsend Historic District by Connie Fox
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Gorgeous in person, especially with the following specs:
Printed on "Picture Rag" paper with a "White With Black Core" mat (2") and "Slimwoods" black/silver frame (SLW6). Presentation size: 15.125" x 19.75". Image size: 11.375" x 16".
N. D. Hill Building. Port Townsend Historic District by Connie Fox
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November 27th, 2013
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Comments (74)
Connie Fox
Thank you, Janis Vaiba, for the homepage feature in Just Perfect! Happy to show off this gorgeous historic treasure.
Connie Fox
Thank you, Frank Casella, for the homepage feature in Compact Digital Camera Photographers Group! This is a favorite, and I'm happy to share it here.
Connie Fox
Arrived yesterday in perfect condition: One of my SOLD images and absolutely stunning in person. (Framing and matting will be added to the Description.)
Connie Fox
Thank you, John Bailey, for the homepage feature of "N.D. Hill Building. Port Townsend Historic District" in Images That Excite You!
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your stunning artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home,7/27/2019! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Lisa Lemmons-Powers
Congratulations on your feature in the Arches for Artists and Buyers Group for January, 2017. Great image!! Please post your image in our "Featured Images" discussion thread! l/f
Connie Fox
Judy, thank you for featuring this image in Landscape and Landmark Photography. I feel honored that you chose it.
Connie Fox
Thanks so much, Judy, for your fine comment. Removing a thick cable running across the front of a vintage building, then reconstructing it bit by bit, was well-worth the effort in this case. Quite proud of this one.
Connie Fox
Denyse, I just discovered your kind feature of this image in June in Amazing FAA Photographers. My computer was in the shop, and I apparently missed this homepage feature. Please know how much I appreciate it, and you!
Connie Fox
Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring this sepia of the N.D. Hill Building, Port Townsend Historic District, in Premium FAA Artists. I'm so pleased with the honor!
Connie Fox
Thanks, Chrisann, for featuring this image in Weekly Fun For All Mediums! I am honored by your generosity, and appreciate the chance to share this beautiful historic building.
Connie Fox
Thank you so much, Mary. Sometimes big ol' wires cut straight across our shot, and we have to remove them and reconstruct portions of the building, pixel by pixel. In this case, it was worth it. It's a beautiful vintage building in the historic district,. I know you, too, appreciate treasures such as this.
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