National Historic Landmark · Friday Harbor, Washington

American and English Camps, San Juan Island

Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

The record

Property typeHistoric district
AddressSan Juan Island, Friday Harbor, WA
CountySan Juan County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Listed forMilitary
Level of significanceNational
Reference number09000465

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressSan Juan Island, Friday Harbor, WA
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.
Limited data for this unit

No photograph, no construction date, no encyclopedia article or coordinates for this listing yet. The Register record above is complete; the enrichment is not.

The NPS spatial layer is re-read every Saturday, and Wikidata on the first Saturday of each month.

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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Washington

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  • Walking Washington's History
    Judith M. Bentley, 2016
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  • Lonely Planet Washington, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest
    2020
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  • Motorcycle Touring Washington
    Christy Karras and Stephen Zusy, 2017
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Reference

Questions people ask

When was American and English Camps, San Juan Island listed on the National Register?

Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is American and English Camps, San Juan Island?

San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, San Juan County, Washington.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for American and English Camps, San Juan Island?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. No source has a map point for it. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 09000465. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.