SJI D.A.R. in Bellingham
Posted May 23, 2014 at 5:40 am by Tim Dustrude
From Left: Joyce Amatiano, Mamie Forbes, Cathy Howze, Sharon Fishaut, Diana Rothert, Minnie Kynch, Virginia Blachley, Sue Rich, and Lizz Divers-Smith – Click to enlarge – Pam McCunn photo
The San Juan Island chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution traveled to Bellingham on Saturday for the dedication of a house built by Army Captain George Pickett in 1856. The recent renovation of The Pickett House on Peabody Hill was partly funded by a grant from the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and the celebration was attended by several local DAR chapters.
Captain Pickett built the home soon after he was dispatched to Bellingham Bay to build Fort Bellingham. The oldest documented wooden structure on its original site in the state of Washington, The Pickett House is a Registered National Historic Place as designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Pickett left Washington Territory in 1861, and the house has had many owners since. In 1936, Hattie Strothers of Bellingham deeded it to the Washington State Historical Society and its contents to the Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington, who now own the historic home.
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