Browse the Des Moines Historical Society Website

Primary pages for visitors, members, and researchers.

• Home /
• Visitor Information /info.html
• Events /events.html
• Our Collection /collection.html
• How You Can Help /help.html
• About the Des Moines Historical Society /about.html
• Website Credits and Supporters /credits.html
• Search the Website /search.html
• Website Sitemap /sitemap.html

Organizational, governance, charitable-giving, and tax information.

• Society Organization and Governing Documents /society/index.html
• Restated Articles of Incorporation /society/articles.html
• Bylaws of the Des Moines Historical Society /society/by-laws.html
• Planned Gifts to the Des Moines Historical Society /society/planned-gifts.html
• Tax-Exempt Status of the Des Moines Historical Society /society/tax-deductible.html

Research papers and guidance for preserving historical photographs.

• Monographs and Research Papers /monographs/index.html
• Children's Industrial Home of Des Moines /monographs/draper-childrens-home.html
• Remembrance of Early Des Moines, Washington /monographs/early-narrative.html
• Guidelines for Care and Handling of Photographic Materials /monographs/photo-guidelines.html
• Beyond the Shoebox: Practical Tips for Storing Personal Photos /monographs/photos.html

Special projects and Society activities.

• Building a Quilt Rack /quilt-rack.html
• Des Moines Historical Society 1st Annual Quilt Show Application /quilt-show-app.html
• South Puget Sound Cruise Photo Slideshow /south-puget-sound-cruise/index.html

Pages remembering Des Moines landmarks and community places that no longer exist.

• Gone but Not Forgotten - Lost Des Moines Landmarks /gone-but-not-forgotten.html
• Redondo Roller Skating Rink /gone-but-not-forgotten/Redondo_Roller_Skating_Rink.html

The Pieces of the Past online history project and the Des Moines Historical Quilt.

• Pieces of the Past - Home /POP/index.html
• Pieces of the Past - About /POP/about.html
• Pieces of the Past - Sites of Interest /POP/sites.html
• Pieces of the Past - Orders and Copyright /POP/order.html
• Pieces of the Past - Donation Form /POP/donation.html
• Pieces of the Past - Support the Project /POP/support.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Home /POP/quilt/index.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - About the Quilt /POP/quilt/about.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Map of the Landmarks /POP/quilt/map.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Big Tree Inn /POP/quilt/bigtreeinn.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Joers' Blockhouse /POP/quilt/blockhouse.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Rollin A. Case House /POP/quilt/case.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Spanish Castle /POP/quilt/castle.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Christian Science Church /POP/quilt/christsci.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Draper's Children's Home /POP/quilt/drapers.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Max Elsner's Greenhouse /POP/quilt/elsner.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Field House /POP/quilt/field.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Mosquito Fleet /POP/quilt/fleet.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - The Flume /POP/quilt/flume.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Skrondal Grocery /POP/quilt/grocery.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Hill Grove Cemetery /POP/quilt/hillgrove.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Des Moines Marina /POP/quilt/marina.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Masonic Home /POP/quilt/masonic.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Methodist Church /POP/quilt/methodist.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Neal's Pavilion /POP/quilt/neals.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Des Moines Telephone Office /POP/quilt/phone.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Des Moines School (Brick) /POP/quilt/schoolbr.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Des Moines School (Wooden) /POP/quilt/schoolwd.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Shuey House /POP/quilt/shuey.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - St. Philomena Catholic Church /POP/quilt/stphil.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Water Tanks /POP/quilt/tanks.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Van Gasken House /POP/quilt/vangasken.html
• Des Moines History Quilt - Old Zenith Post Office and Dock /POP/quilt/zenith.html

Historic maps and pages about buildings, schools, public facilities, neighborhoods, and landmarks.

• Historical Map - Historic Des Moines, Washington /map-photos/index.html
• Historical Photographs - Table of Contents /map-photos/Table_of_Contents.html
• Miscellaneous Historical Photos /map-photos/miscellaneous_photos.html
• Map of the Top Third of Des Moines /map-photos/top_parcel.html
• Map of the Middle Third of Des Moines /map-photos/mid_parcel.html
• Map of the Bottom Third of Des Moines /map-photos/bottom_parcel.html
• Bauman House /map-photos/Bauman_house.html
• Elsner House /map-photos/Elsner_house_zenith_28.html
• Engeset House /map-photos/Engeset_home.html
• Fisher House /map-photos/Fisher_House_27.html
• Latimer / Gay House /map-photos/Latimer_Gay_House.html
• Saltwater State Park /map-photos/Saltwater_33.html
• Vassar's Blacksmith Shop /map-photos/Vassar_blacksmith_7.html
• Baird House /map-photos/barid_house_6.html
• Big Catch Plaza /map-photos/big_catch_plaza_13.html
• Big Tree Inn /map-photos/big_tree_inn.html
• Bundy House /map-photos/bundy_house_21.html
• Des Moines Cinema /map-photos/cinema.html
• Des Moines City Hall /map-photos/des_moines_city_hall_12.html
• Des Moines Library /map-photos/desmoines_library_9.html
• Elsey House /map-photos/elsey_house_19.html
• Des Moines Field House /map-photos/field_house.html
• Des Moines Fire Station /map-photos/fire_station_20.html
• Foley House /map-photos/foley_35.html
• Grahn Harmon House /map-photos/grahn_harmon_house_36.html
• Highline Community College /map-photos/highline_com_coll_32.html
• Lamp House /map-photos/lamp_house_26.html
• Lindahl House /map-photos/lindahl_house_8.html
• Des Moines Marina /map-photos/marina_25.html
• Masonic Home /map-photos/masonic_home_30.html
• McKinstrey Home /map-photos/mckinstrey_34.html
• Midway Elementary School /map-photos/midway_elem_22.html
• Mt. Rainier High School /map-photos/mtrainier_hs_23.html
• North Hill Community Club /map-photos/north_hill_community_club_4.html
• North Hill Elementary School /map-photos/north_hill_elem_1.html
• North Hill Water Tower /map-photos/north_hill_water_tower_5.html
• Olympic Elementary School /map-photos/olympic_elementary_2.html
• Pacific Middle School /map-photos/pacific_middle_school_24.html
• Police Department /map-photos/police_department_15.html
• Des Moines Post Office /map-photos/post_office_10.html
• Redondo Store and Post Office /map-photos/redondo_store_postoffce_40.html
• View from Redondo /map-photos/redondo_view.html
• Des Moines School /map-photos/school.html
• The Seashore Club /map-photos/seashore_club_31.html
• L. H. Smith / Clayton House /map-photos/smith_house.html
• Spanish Castle /map-photos/spanish_castle.html
• Van Gasken House /map-photos/vangasken_18.html
• The Water Tower /map-photos/water_tower_14.html
• Woodmont Elementary School /map-photos/woodmont_elem_37.html
• Woodmont Library /map-photos/woodmont_library_38.html
• Zenith Holland Gardens /map-photos/zenith_holland_29.html
• Zenith Store and Post Office /map-photos/zenith_store_postoffce_40.html

Individual historical photograph pages associated with the Historic Des Moines map collection.

• View from South 240th Street in Zenith /map-photos/popup_240th_zenith.html
• Barnes Store at South 227th and Marine View Drive /map-photos/popup_barnes_store.html
• Baumann House with Water Tower Behind /map-photos/popup_baumann_house.html
• Bixler Blackberry Patch at 7th Avenue and South 222nd Street /map-photos/popup_bixler.html
• Brick Highway from Des Moines to Seattle /map-photos/popup_brick_highway.html
• Bridge over Des Moines Creek /map-photos/popup_bridge_over_des_moines.html
• Boy Scouts at Hill Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day 1965 /map-photos/popup_bsa_hillgrove.html
• Bus Stop at Marine View Drive and South 227th Street /map-photos/popup_bus_stop.html
• Central Beach Market in 1910 /map-photos/popup_central_beach.html
• Dahlberg's Store circa 1960 /map-photos/popup_dahlberg_store.html
• Des Moines School PTA Postcard /map-photos/popup_desmoines_school_pta.html
• Drill Team Marching by Dahlberg's Store in an Early Waterland Parade /map-photos/popup_drill_team.html
• Duxbery House /map-photos/popup_duxberry_house.html
• Elsner House in Zenith - 1967 /map-photos/popup_elsner_home.html
• Elsner House in Zenith (Color) - 1973 /map-photos/popup_elsner_house_zenith.html
• Finnell House on 10th Avenue South /map-photos/popup_finnel_house.html
• Half Way House /map-photos/popup_half_way_house.html
• Hanke Hotel and Florence Hanke's Bungalow /map-photos/popup_hanke_hotel.html
• Harmony Brook House - Home of Henrietta Rink /map-photos/popup_harmony_brook.html
• John Daugherty House /map-photos/popup_john_daugherty.html
• Myrtle Jones and Rilda Moses on a Huge Log /map-photos/popup_ladies_log.html
• Dick Finnell Logging the First-Growth Forest /map-photos/popup_logger.html
• Floyd "Spud" Elsey, Everett Elsey, and Children by a Big Tree /map-photos/popup_loggers_and_kids.html
• Longview Inn /map-photos/popup_longview_inn.html
• Henrietta Rink's Large Garden /map-photos/popup_mrs_rink_house.html
• Bicycles in a Parade by Del's Texaco /map-photos/popup_old_bicycles.html
• Dee's Mart, Des Moines Electric, and Tuffley's Market /map-photos/popup_parade_in_front.html
• Des Moines Electric, Tuffley's Market, and Dugout Tavern /map-photos/popup_parade_seattle.html
• Peck House /map-photos/popup_peck_house.html
• Pero House /map-photos/popup_pero_house.html
• Pero Store Interior /map-photos/popup_pero_store.html
• Rainey House /map-photos/popup_rainey_house.html
• Early Des Moines Sawmill /map-photos/popup_sawmill.html
• Sea Scout Boat /map-photos/popup_seascout_boat.html
• Sea-Tac Airport /map-photos/popup_seatac_airport.html
• Skrondal Store /map-photos/popup_skrondal_store.html
• Boy Scout Vernon Draper in 1926 /map-photos/popup_vernon_draper.html
• View West from Des Moines School /map-photos/popup_view_west.html
• Des Moines Float in Seafair Parade /map-photos/popup_waterland_float.html
• Women's Society Picnic /map-photos/popup_womens_picnic.html
• Wooliscraft Home /map-photos/popup_wooliscraft_home.html
• Zenith Dock and Post Office /map-photos/popup_zenith_dock.html
• Aerial View of Zenith /map-photos/popup_zenith_from_air.html

Additional historical photograph collection pages.

• Historical Photos of Des Moines, Washington /photographs/index.html

Chronological history of Des Moines and the surrounding Highline area.

• Des Moines History Timeline - Index /timeline/index.html
• 1700-1849 /timeline/history1700-1849.html
• 1850-1869 /timeline/history1850-1860.html
• 1870-1879 /timeline/history1870.html
• 1880-1889 /timeline/history1880.html
• 1890-1899 /timeline/history1890.html
• 1900-1909 /timeline/history1900.html
• 1910-1919 /timeline/history1910.html
• 1920-1929 /timeline/history1920.html
• 1930-1939 /timeline/history1930.html
• 1940-1949 /timeline/history1940.html
• 1950-1959 /timeline/history1950.html
• 1960-1969 /timeline/history1960.html
• 1970-1979 /timeline/history1970.html
• 1980-1989 /timeline/history1980.html
• 1990-1999 /timeline/history1990.html
• 2000-2009 /timeline/history2000.html
• 2010-2019 /timeline/history2010.html
• 2020-present /timeline/history2020.html