Built circa 1890 Carbide Lamp Restaurant -formerly occupied by Kepka's Drug Store Sumner News Review 6/20/1984 p.3 Wilkeson history, good food featured at the Carbide Lamp (interior il)
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church -church bldg. moved from its original mountainside location to this site in 1952 to improve access -address approximate TNT 12/7/1952 p.F6 Old church is moved (il) TNT 12/14/1952 p.A17 Church picture recalls old days 979.7 P317E p.66
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church -octagonal belfry topped with blue "onion dome" -three barred Slavic cross -oldest Orthodox church in Washington State -added to National Register 9/28/1989 TNT 4/7/1953 p.E15 Wilkeson church (il) TNT 4/14/1957 p.A8 Wilkeson and Carbonado have memories of colorful histories as roaring mining towns (il) TNT 9/1/1962 p.14 Church restoration TNT 4/14/1963 p.B15 Country churches beckon today (il) TNT 4/19/1964 p.A12 The Carbon River country: It flows with great magic (il) TNT 9/29/1974 p.E7 Keeping the faith (il, interior il) TNT 2/8/1981 A big day for Wilkeson; top North American Orthodox leader visits town TNT 4/11/1982 p.C1 A sacred tradition (interior il) TNT 10/5/1985 Celebrate: Orthodox Church in Wilkeson gains pastor ... (interior il) TNT 6/11/1988 Russian millenium echoes in U.S. (interior il) TNT 7/21/1990 Russian clergy visit tiny church (il) TNT 6/2/2001 p.SL1 Wilkeson's Orthodox treasure (celebration of 100th anniversary) (il,interior il) 979.7 B868B p.113 979.7 P317E p.76 (il,interior il)
Wilkeson Community Hall Wilkeson Coal & Coke Co., builder Sutton, Whitney & Dugan, arch. -Wilkeson sandstone -fence around the bldg. made of used stone cutting saw-blades TDL 10/8/1922 p.E8 Wilkeson gets community hall (sketch) TDL 11/12/1923 p.3 Mining town has new social hall TNT 4/14/1957 p.A8 Wilkeson and Carbonado have memories of colorful histories as roaring mining towns (il) TNT 10/7/2002 p.B1 Wilkeson library may close TNT 11/23/2002 p.B1 Library district to close branch to save money (Pierce County Library, which has served Wilkeson since 1946, to be closed) 720.9 AN22I p.71 (il) 979 H145C p.56
Built circa 1910 Wilkeson Castle -house built c.1910, purchased by Alan H. Andersen from Hank & Lois Hildenbrand in 1977 -from 1978-1982 Andersen rebuilt/remodeled the house into a five-story, 24-room, turreted "castle" -castle design inspired by Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle, which was based on the German castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria TNT 7/1/1979 A man opens his castle today (il) TNT 2/12/1983 Wilkeson man's home really is his castle TNT 9/20/1984 Castle; a turreted turn-on for tourists, but not for town (for sale) (il) Seattle Times 11/21/1984 Want home that really is your castle? One's open in Wilkeson 720.9 AN22I ----- Sidney & Lorena Weiss TNT 7/26/2008 p.E1 Castle keepers (il)
