The Turret Journal

The Measure of a Man

Charles E. Coon was one of the best-known men in Washington state: mayor, lieutenant governor, acting governor, Civil War veteran, and Acting Secretary…

Jun 22 • The Adams Pragge House

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Uncle Charlie

He was a Civil War veteran, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, Lieutenant Governor of Washington, and four-time mayor of Port Townsend. Yet the name that…

Jun 1 • The Adams Pragge House

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May 2026

Four Years

We moved into the Adams Pragge House May 25, 2022, with one car, a box truck, and very little understanding of what it would mean to inhabit a…

May 25 • The Adams Pragge House

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What Remains

Old houses are never truly finished. An essay on stewardship, restoration, continuity, and the layered life of an 1889 Victorian home.

May 17 • The Adams Pragge House

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The Revealing Season

The city is blooming and the Rhododendron Festival is near — a moment to consider the mild climate and the 19th-century building boom that unfolded…

May 3 • The Adams Pragge House

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April 2026

Beyond the Bell Tower

Tyler Street holds one of the most intact Victorian streetscapes in Port Townsend, but it's not on the walking tours or tourist maps. A literary…

Apr 19 • The Adams Pragge House

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On Passing Through

Movement as Management in a Queen Anne Victorian

Apr 5 • The Adams Pragge House

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March 2026

Two Letters By Her Name

Julia Yesler Benson Intermela and the Adams Pragge House

Mar 22 • The Adams Pragge House

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The Light It Was Built For

What the Turret Gathers in Late Winter

Mar 9 • The Adams Pragge House

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February 2026

At the Place Where Uptown Begins

On arrival, placement, and the life of a house built to announce a neighborhood and its aspiration

Feb 22 • The Adams Pragge House

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