Trimble Homesite, Blake Island

TRIMBLE HOMESITE 

Building the Trimble home required much preparation. Log cabins were built 
for the construction crew, a water and sewer system were installed. A 
350 foot wharf was constructed to unload supplies and a wagon road was 
built to the homesite. 

The two story summer home had 12 rooms with five fireplaces on the main 
floor. The living room was 35 x 40 feet that had 8" x 16" clear Douglas 
fir ceiling beams. 

Much of what occurred on Blake Island is attributed to Mrs. Trimble. She 
turned it into a Federal Wildlife Refuge. She also assembled a Pacific 
Northwest History library that was said to be one of the finest of its kind. 
After Mrs. Trimble died in 1929, William Trimble never returned to the
island. The abandoned house with everything in it, was systematically 
vandalized and finally burned to the ground. Today the only remnants of 
the Trimble estate are the foundation, the concrete tennis court in the 
present camping area, and the dock pilings just offshore.


Submitted by @robertdall