CI.!ARLES A.

DYER HOUSE
5-lO Adams, Port
WA- Townsend,
j'!"t .ic'i g6:6f
.Dc'n f 1tl y.,r,Lt.

The 2nd opner is believed to be naroed SEith, and rhe

3rd owner was his son.

The 1'th olrners u{. & urs - }Jise r, reaode lled tire house
'
to Eake SeparaEe sssrtEeDts
icr serviceEen 6tattcned at Fort
Iiorden during l{orld Ear II.

The 5rh orlnels Donald Robert Caopbell and

--Campbell purchased the hooe in Decesber 1959 and Agnes Stewart
rJised a
fanily of five. Lauri Caapbell ?ironge sas a first_grader
vhen
they moved here aod has alEost contrnuously lj.vd
in the house
6rnce thac trBe. Sire and her husband Ron and daugliter
Michel
Gke Ehis tl,c:r
hooe.

Enlrance: Refinishing of the sooden sraircaae is in

ProSiess. Ti:e caiLings. are :? ,6,' high. Tiir, ooors are_
origina i
to the house, wrci; aii blass harduarl.
Parior: Tire pario: on the rtgii :.:,a!ures the 3_cornered
turre!, and bas French <ioors ieadinB lr-, air"
).ivrng :"oom.
Ti.:.s hore sas built for Charles A, Dver who a:-rived in
lori Tcr-asend rn Apri.l 1885 fron [issour!.
He ua5 3l vears
c-r: at Ene tiD. uarrled to Sophie, 29, and lheir rvo children
rere lie-l:e, 1l, and Guy, 8. He cal1ed l:iu:seLf a ',oerchan:,,'
:nd uas in a par:Dership caLled "Oliver & lrver." He soon took
are job oj "Courr:-c and Cic-v AuCitor.,,
i:re drauing below aopears on pate Jg of -!he book,
?.r: Tosf,send Il.iustrare6,
pubiishei rn j.g90. The long po:ch
;nrch ts 6no'"'t rc exEend arouni tl turleE on tne ccrner of
iile nouse iras bee;: reoov"i excepL i-.;r ine glas...-enclcsed porch
a: Ehr ::anE door. Addiitr.ns of enclosecl porL;).1s aerr uacie
.n iire i:ir-nanC srde oi t'ne house eff the krtcien.

3ggg4.._gl1g_Rom. separarec. bv arcnray: i;ore rhe

__-_ _!.rr_I!a
nanosooe
sEalned--iiass crndow over the panes oa tne
easi sic(
wlin the

heart desitn- llosr oi the iurnrshin:s Ln

ihrse r:ons
were nere ehen in C:npbeiis purchased ine
house- rncirciin.: f.l.
Ci niag roon ra'cie * chatrs,
...r," cabineti - Tnr
-pj.ano,
"n"
Lesce:: upright glranC pia:o, shrcn neecis
recuiiding, has the
fea:ure oi 'rKe-v Ci,anger" (no!c on an. riaia
slce o: kei,s,.
The :-ireplaces in th Iiving rBcm anci c;ring
rocr, a:e
a1trcsr iden!:icai. L,e:ng verv siiallcr..
as tite\. !ire in!!n.ed f cr
coa - burn!ng.
Tire;- are casa rron vi!n deccra:r,.,r ci
-e.: arouni
thr ::rebox, and nave hand-carvec *.a"i".
Note the golr_ieaf pt.ctur_ ucldrna and
;:ie:nai
cerling
nedallions.
Aiso_ in rh ;irciren ,., .,ifi se an orrglnal
gas
ceilrng fixture whicir i:as been conver:ed
ro e:ec:r:cit;-,
The eecond floor has roasler b.e6rooe child,s
rocn. guest
4-postc: bed in
iredr3ou.., ""4-sc"ai. lhe
in the house a long f:-ae, as we!.I as the tire 6::-.s: roi:r has beer
anirou. reccri cabinetThe rhird floor was origina Liy Es !d ,s/se:wanr ,s
-r5;

f,".. "ri #=*#ffi

srorage.

s' a bsth'

an<i

uuar: .

a large: rcon ICw used ;or

tn: Ss-{-!iq.CC house ;n rire yard needs rebuilding. It had

,,
Enc nay Ioir cbove Hrth chures io drol hay in:c tne
un:rge;.s for

RESTOq\CE

aF CH^:

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ire norse

s.

In the yard there are ivo

of -cistelns, since
filled ulth dirt. An excavation locations
of one cislern
produced only
6oee square naiis end one glaee egg.
glass
oonty used in rhe pas! ro infilrraie aThe
"gg","r" "#_
henia
proEore egg-layin!.
"u"."i"c-i.i"iJiiy
The large tree in the yard is
book, The LovJ cf Tree-s by X"r,o"r[-a.a monkev puzzle. In the
fft"r.,
he irri.*s:
"In the hills and Bountaj.ns of Ch!]e aDd Argentine gross
the
uoakey puzzLe eir Chile pine (Araucari,
surely one of
the Eoost toprobable of all trees. Sir"igit
"ir,r""rrr),
rings of horizontal sturdy branches, .r.ing"Oof bole and hav:,ng
eith alDost Barhe_
llaiical precision, is lEs basic forro. ti"
,rror" Eoucit is the
follage, uhich i6 dark green, ao"gf-l,-f.rai,erv
and aBronj.6hingly
long-li.ved-up ro f:ftee" y"or._ioj
Ior trany veers
afrer ir ceasea to iunction. These leaves
""="r"a"
sre sh).eld_shapeC
and 6pirailv arranged just like .h. ;;;i;;
excepE rhat-Ehey have a sir:rp,
p-a:red in tne 5Mr:
hard pornt. "i-"""r.-"oriii="
gardens of lliorth AErica andl Europe
as 'tn"
isolaced ;p;;.;;r;*rirei' look ridiculousli. orr of-piace, Cn
:u1ged volcanrc
slopes of rhelr Andean-homelani tirey
uancier tnrough a pure fores! of airui,,"i" "upr.r"L;v rlght, end to
ai e*perie.ce never !c
oe forgotten.
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icient!ficarion, Trees of
.,^_-Tl" Golcien
Nortr: Abertca.
a!aces:
rThe oonkey puzzle
is a striktng eve::g:een
ciark green scalelike ioliase. s;rrp_;:;;;;, rdith 6t:ff, leatherv
;;;=i;;;;;r'"""i":,
are cne inch long or 1egs on branches

Dioeclous, producj-ng ovoid to globose cones,5

tc g,,Iong, which
rrr-crn:c-r3ce ar Et:ur : Ey.

puzzie,s pyrimedol crow:

foraeC cf sboris of iong.
stj.i: oranches. Grous to i00 f:. is tall..
Nar.r= :o Soutir r\ne:ica
birt l.s qrcwn as an ornaEental in UniCei Slafes-,,

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