Guide Meridian as the North/South Plank Road (looking north 1890’s)

Fountain District Urban Village Planning Area

Old Courthouse Line (1891 - 1903) Courthouse Line (1903 - 1938)

Whatcom County Courthouse Built in 1858 and demolished in mid 1950’s

Old Courthouse Line (1891 - 1903)

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This 1887 map shows Henry Roeders home along the main trail north, called the Nooksacht Trail, which led to Ferndale and forked toward Sumas and the Gold Fields.

The trail roughly follows the current Elm Street.

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Lk. Whatcom Line (1892 - 1938)

The Main Line (1891 - 1938)

DIGGS SERVICE AND GAS STATION

“ELMHEIM”Built in the late 1890’s for Henry and Elizabeth Roeder and later inherited by their daughter, Lottie, who passed away in the house in 1933. After this it was used as B&B along Highway 99 called the

“Elmheim Tourist Rooms” until it was torn down in 1956.

CITY CENTER MOTEL

AUTO COURT

BARBO FURNITURE STORE

SERVICE STATION SUPPLY AUTO ACCESSORIES STORE

ELM MEAT MARKET & GROCERY

MAY ELECTRIC & HARDWARE STORE

BILL’S MARKET

NORTHWEST SERVICE & GAS

H.O. BUER GROCERY

GAS & OIL STATION

NORTHWEST MARKET

In the early Twentieth Century a Washington State group named the Good Roads

Association successfully lobbied for a network of “good roads” to better serve the needs of Washington residents. Their efforts resulted in the construction of, among others, Washington’s Primary State Highway 99 also known as

Pacific Highway 1, stretching along the West Coast from Mexico to Canada. Highway 99 became the main road to and through Bellingham bringing

more people from greater distances than ever before. As a result of the increase in tourism a number of new businesses flourished along the Highway’s path. Gas and service stations

catering to the traveler proliferated as did motels, markets, cafes and gift shops.Traffic counts on Elm in 1950 registerd at 38,000 car trips/day, as compared to 10,500 car

trips/day in 1997.

1963 Air Photo of the Haggens Site (current buildings outlined in red)

All photos Courtesty of Whatcom Museum Photo Archives

1912 photograph from hot air balloon

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“Elmheim”

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F o u n t a i n D i s t r i c t U r b a n V i l l a g e , a n h i s t o r i c n a r r a t i v e

Puget Sound River History Project, University of Washington. Coast & Geodetic Survey 1887 T-sheet

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Current Haggens

Site

Fountain District Urban Village Planning Area

1945Goddard’s Market, (Corner of Elm St. & Monroe St.)

Elm Street was home to

several Grocery Stores and Meat

Markets throughout the years. Between

1921 and 1945, the original Elm Grocery was

operated by Ernest C. Goddard at 2330 Elm Street (today the Antiques Store) along with the Elm Meat Market in

the small building next door. By 1940, a Safeway Market had moved in at 2500 Elm St (corner ofJefferson & Elm).

Perhaps to keep up with the competition, Goddard opened one larger store in 1945 called Elm Market Grocery and Meats (site of today’s Gifford’s

Market). Barbo Furniture moved into the old grocery

store location in 1945.

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SAFEWAY only one block away

Original Elm Meat Market(1921-1945)

Original Elm Grocery Store(1921 - 1945)