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Bainbridge Island Filipino Community Hall

  • Also Known As: Fair Hall also Wasington State Inventory No. 18-121
  • Address: 7566 NE High School Rd
  • Vicinity: Next to Strawberry Field Park
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

The Bainbndge Inland Filipino Community Hall is a simple utilitarian, wood frame building typical of those of the 1910's through the 1950's associated with Bainbridge Island's agricultural community as the Bainbridge Island Fair Hall and specific to the culture of Bainbridge Island's community of Filipino ancestry. - US NRHP


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1928/00/00 The Fair Hall's main wing and room are built in part from lumber milled in the 1870's at the Port Blakely Mill and salvaged from the Bainbridge Hotel fire and the Port Blakely Store. Some of the lumber are knot-free fir milled to full, honest dimensions.
1929/00/00 The 9th Bainbridge Island Fair features displays of agriculture, home economics, cooking, food preservation, art, flowers, horticulture, animal husbandry, livestock, farm equipment, electrical appliances, automobiles and sporting events and a carnival.
1938/00/00 The Fair Hall is leased to the National Canning Company for use as a receiving station during the strawberry season. The berry packing shed was still used as of 1995.
1943/00/00 After the Island Fair close during WWII, Filipino farmers take acquire the Island Fair Hall. The Filipino farmers form a group to acquire supplies and equipment, share information, and arrange marketing of crops.

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Particulars for Bainbridge Island Filipino Community Hall:
Historic Use Agricultural fields
Area of Significance Agriculture
attribute Asian
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Cultural Affiliation Filipino American
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Meeting hall
Owner Private
Historic Use Processing



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th March 1995

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Bainbridge Island Filipino Community Hall
Registry Address: 7566 NE High School Rd.
Registry Number: 95000193
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Bainbridge Island Fair Association; Filipino Community
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 2
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Entertainment-recreation, Asian, Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Event
Significant Year: 1928, 1943
Historic Function: Social, Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Meeting hall, Processing, Agricultural fields
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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