This photo of Grove Street (which I believe is now Center Street) makes you wonder what drew people here. This picture makes Eatonville look more like a ghost town than a growing pioneer community.
To the far right I’m told is the well that stood in front of T.C. Van Eaton’s trading post.
Photos courtesy Debbie & Gary Saint.
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Eatonville To Rainier 
5 responses to “Center Street — Before it was Center Street”
I notice Mashell Ave. looks like it did about month ago. HAHA (when it was down to dirt and gravel before being repaved) I think all the pioneer towns looked like this in their primative beginnings. If the town had a tavern, a church, and a general store, that’s all they needed !!
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Hi you’re right & the Groe Hotel would be to the far right of the well. There are no tetephone lines so the picture must be older than 1910
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Hi Up until the 1950’s it was Groe St named after Eatonville’s 1st inn keeper.
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So, I’m assuming that the person who wrote “Grove” on the picture, just had it wrong. Right?
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[…] picture has a little wear and tear, but it’s one of my favorites of Center Street, taken around 1926. You can clearly see Christensen’s Clothing (now the Sears building), and […]
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