Historical Sites Archives - Discover Lewis County

St Francis Xavier Mission

The oldest mission in the Pacific Northwest and the first Catholic mission in Washington Territory, St. Francis Xavier Mission north

The arts are thriving in the small town of Toledo, thanks in no small part to Art Gallery 505, which

After it had closed for a time, it reopened more than a decade ago and continues to bring people in

Boistfort High School lays claim to being one of only two rural high schools in Lewis County in 1918, when

The story of Carlisle Lake is an example of the good that can happen when a community comes together for

Built in 1858, the historic Claquato Church is cited as the last of all the early churches of Washington Territory

The last remaining public building in the community of Dryad is the Doty/Dryad Community Baptist Church, currently holding service for

The current Evaline school house was built in 1925, serving as the fifth schoolhouse for the district that sits just

One of two Vader-area structures on the National Register, Grace Evangelical Church of Vader traces its roots to 1891, but

Tidbit of trivial knowledge: The John R. Jackson House was Washington’s first-ever state park! Mr. Jackson worked a variety of

Located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, near the southeastern entrance to Mt. Rainier, La Wis Wis Guard Station cabin

As a centerpiece of the small community of Morton, the Morton Depot built in 1910 is one of the last