| Vashon Hardware Store | |
| Nrhp Type: | nrhp |
| Coordinates: | 47.4472°N -122.4594°W |
| Builder: | Gorsuch, F.C.; Harrington, A.C. |
| Architecture: | Early Commercial, Moderne |
| Added: | August 10, 2000 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 00000971 |
Vashon Hardware Store, now known as The Hardware Store Restaurant, is a commercial building in Vashon, Washington. Built in 1890, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
Vashon Hardware Store consists of two wood-frame structures that share an external facade. The main building is one-and-a-half stories and measures . The smaller building measures . The side-by-side buildings were constructed around 1890. Internal connections between the two buildings were added in 1973.
Frank Gorsuch built the original structure and operated it as a general store. It was the fourth store on the Island and the first in the Town of Vashon.[2] In 1913, the business was sold to Fred and Henry Weiss[3] who named it Weiss Bros. General Merchandise.[4] The building was renamed Vashon Hardware Store in 1929 when it was purchased by George McCormick and C. G. Kimmel.
After years as a retail store run by members of the McCormick family, it was reopened as a restaurant in 2005.