New Life for an Old Landmark in Fairhaven's Historic District


The Waldron building is one of Fairhaven's oldest and yet newest buildings. Originaly built in 1891 at the height of Fairhaven's first expansion. During that period Fairhaven was one of several cities trying to become the major West Coast railroad terminus, and Fairhaven saw it's first major expansion.
Their were 35 hotels and boarding houses in Fairhaven at that time. It was soon after that Seattle got the railroads, and the bust hit Fairhaven, the economy went bust in 1892 and construction on the Waldron came to a halt, only the first two floors were finished. The top 3 floors of the Waldron were never occupied, until now.

The ground floor saw commercial establishments come and go. The bank of Fairhaven, a stationery store and real estate office were the first occupants of the building. A department store called The Fair, and George Hohl's Feed & Seedwere also occupants of the Waldron.

I remember the mid 1970's in Fairhaven very well, there were 2 infamous taverns in the building, The Kulshan and Fairhaven Taverns. One of the things I did in those years was play washtub base in a Jug Band and we played there quite often.

The Waldron is a historical building that has had it's outside preserved while a new building was practically constructed within to bring it up to current earthquake standards and resurrect it for retail space once again on the ground floor with 6 luxury bay view condos above, and underground parking below. It has been an amazing transformation and a new beginning for the Waldron.

If your interested in seeing the units available in the Waldron, click here.

If you have any questions or want to see any Fairhaven condos feel free to email me at or give me a call at 360-739-6981.

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posted by Michael Eisenberg on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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