Captain William Renton founded the Port Blakely mill in 1864 on Bainbridge Island's Blakely Harbor. In the 1880s the mill became the largest sawmill on the Pacific Coast and was a major employer on Bainbridge Island. In 1879 Hall Brothers Shipyard moved its operations to Port Blakely and during this period Renton built houses for the families of mill workers, as well as a bachelor's dormitory and the Blakely Hotel.
Henry Ziegler is known to have lived in the mill company housing with his wife M. Augusta Meins Ziegler. This photo is part of a collection from the Ziegler and Rankin's families and may have been Henry Ziegler's home.
Caption information source: Price, Andrew Jr. Port Blakely: The Community Captain Renton Built.
ID Number: 1977.6486.67
Date: Circa 1900
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : hand colored ; 8 x 11 in.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv61571
Credit: MOHAI, Ziegler and Rankin Families Photographs and Papers, 1977.6486.67
