The "Shawnee House," overlooking Quartermaster Harbor, located at Magnolia Beach, Vashon Island, just south of Burton. The house is a registered historical site in King County. The architect for the home was Max A. Van House of Seattle. The Shawnee area was platted and named in 1907 by Millard F. Shaw, the original owner of the home. The Shaws originally lived in a small home up the hill. Later Mr. Shaw built his wife the larger, more elegant home near the beach and the Shawnee Dock. The only problem was that she refused to move into it, preferring her small home. The new house was sold to Stanley Morrison, a Tacoma stockbroker and vice president of Morrison-Muehler Co. Inc., a real estate company located in the Washington Building in Tacoma. Morrison was later convicted on federal charges of fraud during the 1929 stock market crash. In 1927, the home was already considered a showplace on the island. (TDL 4/6/1924, pg. G1; online nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com and vashonhistory.com) ("Magnolia Beach Memories" by Bob Gordon Sr.) G76.1-034

Neighborhoods--Vashon Island; Shawnee House (Vashon Island); Shaw, Millard F.--Homes & haunts; Morrison, Stanley--Homes & haunts;

The Shawnee area of Magnolia Beach, Vashon Island, located south of Burton. On the right is the "Shawnee House," 11608 SW Shawnee Rd., designed by architect Max A. Van House. Former owner Millard F. Shaw platted the area in 1907 and named it, presumably after himself. He built the Shawnee House for his wife who refused to live in it, preferring their smaller, simpler house up the hill. In 1927, the home was owned by Tacoma real estate dealer Stanley Morrison, vice president of Morrison-Muehler Co. Inc. In 1929, Mr. Morrison was indicted on federal fraud charges in connection with local investors and the stock market crash. A number of the homes at the south end of the island were occupied by individuals who had business dealings in Tacoma and commuted by ferry. The ferries connected the island to Tacoma and Seattle. (TDL 4/6/1924, pg. G1; nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com, vashonhistory.com) ("Magnolia Beach Memories" by Bob Gordon Sr.) G76.1-035

Neighborhoods--Vashon Island; Shawnee House (Vashon Island); Shaw, Millard F.--Homes & haunts; Morrison, Stanley--Homes & haunts;