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House
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Malaney and merchant-
turned-oyster industry
pioneer Thomas O'Neill.
The house, owned
by Mason County since
2005, joins about 1,600
other historic and cul-
turally significant prop-
erties recognized by the
state Department of Ar-
chaeology and Historic
Preservation for their
unique contributions to
Washington's heritage.
The state is requesting
that the house be listed
in the National Regis-
ter of Historic Places in
Washington, D.C.
The benefits of the list-
ings include potential tax
credits, property tax de-
ductions, and code waivers
to protect the integrity of
the resource.
In its statement of sig-
nificance, the state De-
partment of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation
reports that the house
"embodies the distinctive
characteristics of its pe-
riod of construction and
possesses high artistic
values."
"The house retains the
signature elements of the
style -- steeply pitched
roof and dormers, Gothic-
arched windows and two-
over-two windows as well
as a one-story bat window
which has remnants of the
original, ornate, turned
post balusters topping the
bay. The house, which has
endured (more than) 100
years, is a large example
of the style, rare in Wash-
ington state," according to
the report.
The county is now
seeking money to reno-
vate the exterior of the
building, which could be
a centerpiece of the tena-
tively titled Oakland Bay
County Park, said John
Keates, the facilities and
park director for Mason
County. Cleaning gut-
ters, patching holes and
removing piles of pine
needles on the roof will
help stabilize the struc-
ture and prevent further
degradation, he said.
"We want to restore the
exterior so it looks like it
might have looked in the
1920s, 1930s," he said.
Isolated down a wind-
ing dirt road off Agate
Road next to the salmon-
bearing Malaney Creek,
vandals have broken a few
windows, and evidence
was found of a homeless
person living inside on one
occasion, Keates said.
All the doors and win-
dows are now boarded
up, and three "Keep Out"
signs are posted at the en-
trance.
Unlike its weathered
Gothic exterior, the inte-
rior looks more like the
1950s, with features such
as linoleum on the kitchen
floor, Keates said.
"It will probably never
(again) be inhabited," Ke-
ares said. "We want to get
it to the point where the
history can be displayed
... I think there's a story
about how this place came
to be."
Malaney paid $1,200 to
secure a mortgage on the
homestead in April 1890.
The four-bedroom house
was built in 1892, and en-
larged about 1901.
Malaney, a Michigan-
born logger, platted the
town of Ocean Park, Ore.
-- now'Pacific City -- with
his brother Thomas in
1883. They built a hotel
and sold lots.
By 1887, a territorial
census for Mason County
found him living outside
Shelton as a 26-year-old
single man.
Members of his family
had platted land in Mason
County as early as 1885,
where they were logging
near Allyn on a site called
Malaney's Landing.
The Malaney broth-
ers had formed a logging
company in Grapeview
by 1890. But in 1892, 40
of their employees filed a
lien against the company,
claiming they had not
been paid.
The company defaulted
the next year, Malaney
and his wife moved to Or-
egon, and in 1895, the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office
foreclosed on the house.
The house was sold to
O'Neill, a Canadian who
owned stores in Shelton
and later became promi-
nent in the oyster indus-
try. He is one of the first
Fund
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Pat and Ken Remine donat-
ed $50, Dale and Rose Nye
gave $300, and Wayne and
Darlene Casted gave $300.
Anonymous donors gave
separate amounts of $50,
$3,000, $100, $150, $20,
$100, $50 and $40.
Groups also gave dona-
tions to the fund. The MBC
Senior Social Gr0~p contrib-
uted $150, Olympic M0un: -
rain Millwork gave $150
and the WelcomeChapter
40 dES gave $40.
An anonymous donor
gave $100 in honor of Bil-
lie Fish. Donald and Sybil
Jones donated $50, Robert
and Norene Stevens do-
nated $100, Robert and Vir-
ginia Stone contributed $50,
John and Jan Tupper gave
$50, and Alvin and Shirley
Sechler gave $30.
Anonymous donors gave
$25 in memory of Harold
Kidd and $250 in memory of
Norma Oleson.
Lawrence and Billie Kay
Hendrickson donated $100,
Howard and Nancy Bauer
gave $100, and Bill and An-
nette McGee contributed
$100.
Victoria Meadows and
Chris Veblen gave $200, Ty
and Harolyn Rauschert do-
nated $50, Richard Taylor
donated $100, Roxilee and
Harmon Powers donated
$30, and William and Mar-
lene Holman gave $25.
Anonymous donors gave
$50 in memory of Laura
Autumn Lohmeyer, $25 in
memory of Bob Jurin and
Vean Gregg, and the Ste-
vens family gave $50.
Last week, it was incor-
'rectly stated that Steve and
Joan Buzzard gave $10. In
fact they donated $100. Gar-
ry and Pat Michael, who do-
nated $200 last week, were
incorrectly listed as Larry
and Pat Michael.
Last year, the program
gave out 905 baskets, worth
$30,813. Because of higher
food and toy prices, this
year's fundraising goal is
set at $40,000.
Families can sign up for
a basket of food from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday at the 40
et 8.
The toy shopping day is
scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dec. 15 at Walmart. Parents
will also need identification
for the shopping day.
Food basket pick up will
be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Dec. 22 at the'~01d Shelton
Armory on Fratiklin Street.
Donations to support
the Christmas food bas-
ket program can be mailed
to the Journal at P.O. Box
430, Shelton, WA, 98584, or
dropped off at the office at
227 W. Cota Street during
business hours.
Those who donated to the
program will be recognized
in the newspaper unless
they choose to remain anon-
ymous.
Donations can also be
made in memory of a loved
one.
non-Native Americans to
file for oyster land, and
was a charter member of
the Olympia Oyster Grow-
ers Association on Oak-
land Bay. He died in 1917.
The National Register
of Historic Places writes,
"The property has strong
relationships with the
19th and 20th-century his-
tory of natural resources
industries of the Shelton
area.
"The Malaney family's
history is illustrative of
the 1890s boom times in
the logging industry in the
Shelton area.
"The subsequent owner-
ship by the Thomas O'Neill
family illustrates the com-
mercial history of the area
as well as another impor-
tant resource industry of
Mason County, oystering."
King County residents
H. Curtis and Phyllis
Birge bought the property
in 1959, and used it for
their summer home for 46
years.
Visitors to Oakland Bay
County Park will have
to walk about a half-mile
down a winding dirt road
to reach the historic house.
The county next week
is scheduled to complete a
21-spot parking lot at the
park entrance, which will
include a turnaround lane
for buses, said Dan Blatt,
$995 & UP
Used Cars & Trucks
Now Available
Again At
Sun AUto &
RV Sale's
Back at the Same
Address in Shelton
5961 E. State
Route #3
(Deer Creek Area)
We Buy - Sell - Trade
Closed Sundays
Call:
360.426.2907
an engineer technician
for the Mason Conserva-
tion District. The lot in-
cludes a vault toilet, and
another vault toilet will be
installed near the historic
house in the next couple
months.
Carley A. Jambs, PA-C
We are pleased to welcome Physician
Assistant Carley A. Jacobs to our
medical staff.
Carly has a Bachelor of Science degree in
biology with a Spanish language minor
from Western Washington University, and
a Master's degree in Physician Assistant
studies from Shenandoah University,
Winchester, VA. She has worked as a
Certified Nursing Assistant at the Cordata
Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center and
St. Joseph's Hospital in Bellingham, and as
a Physician Assistant at Woodstock Internal
Medicine Specialists, Inc., Woodstock, VA.
She is board-certified with the National
Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants.
With experience mainly in primary care rural
medicine, Carley has a special interest in
women's health and preventive medicine.
Mason General Hospital
Mountain View
Women's Health Clinic
(360) 426-0955 1
2300 Kati Court, Suite A, Shelton, WA 98584
www.MasonGeneral.com. ~
SttELTON DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS
would like to send out a huge TItANK VOlI
to all who attended HOLII)AY MAGIC
Nov. 30 & Dec. 1!
It was so wonder[u] to see the st reels of Shelton fi lied with people[
We also wish to Thank all our business partidpants and
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",, a tim-filled event ! And Thankyou t o
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', the KnstmasIown Kiwanis forall
'x vou r work on this event, and to the
', CityofShelton and all volunteers
! tbr making Shelton sparkle
with lights and decorations!
congratulations to Colleen and
her stoff'ot
lYNCH CREEK I:'ll)RAL!
Voted best decorated business!
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forward that I'd like to ask ings Board. exchange for the same acre-
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