Rothschild House open for summer season in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Rothschild House State Park is open for the summer season.

The museum at 418 Taylor St., which is managed by the Jefferson County Historical Society, opened for the season Saturday and will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through September.

The Rothschild House was built in 1868 by Horace Tucker, Port Townsend’s foremost builder, for D.C.H. Rothschild, a prominent local merchant.

Furnished with artifacts original to the Rothschild family, it is the only Victorian house museum in Port Townsend.

Admission is $4; free for historical society members.

Passports that include the Jefferson County Museum and the Commanding Officers’ Quarters also are available.

People wishing to serve as Rothschild House docents may phone Phyllis Snyder at 360-385-1003.

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