Port Townsend Main Street Program

The landmark Hastings Building, in the heart of downtown Port Townsend, is the only downtown building still owned by the descendents of the Hastings family who built it in 1889. In its time, the Hastings Building was the premiere example of spectacular architecture and thriving business enterprise.

Pictured holding the "This Place Matters" sign in the cupola of the four-story building is Heather Dudley Nollette, the great great great granddaughter of Loren B. and Lucinda Hastings, the pioneers who arrived to Port Townsend in 1852 and erected this grand building. Heather is the Project Manager for the Hastings Estate Company, and serves as the President of the Port Townsend Main Street Program.

There are days when each rippled window is filled with pink clouds at sunset, like a Magritte painting. It is the most photographed building in Port Townsend, one of three Victorian seaport towns on the National Register. 

Stepping inside the Hastings Building is a rare treat for avid preservationists. From its original carved railings to its ornate wrought iron grillwork emblazoned with the Hastings name, you can glimpse the grandeur of our city's bustling Victorian heyday, when 1,000 tall ships a year passed through our harbor en route to ports of call around the world. 

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