WEEKEND: Port Townsend historical tours start this weekend
Published 12:01 am Friday, May 31, 2013
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society’s walking tours of Port Townsend’s historic districts will begin this weekend and continue through the end of September.
Historically costumed guides take visitors on tours of both the downtown and uptown, pointing out interesting architecture and telling of the unique history and colorful characters who built Port Townsend.
Downtown tours, called “Sin at Sea Level,” are at 2 p.m. Saturdays beginning at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History at 540 Water St.
Uptown tours, “The Moral High Ground,” are at 2 p.m. Sundays beginning at the Rothschild House Museum at Taylor and Franklin streets.
Tours are free for historical society members and $10 for nonmembers.
Admission to the museum where the tours start is included.
To reserve a place on either tour, make reservations by noon the day of the tour by phoning 360-385-1003.
