Old Man House
Old-Man-House Site (45KP2) | |
Agate Passage, former location of the Old Man House | |
Nearest city | Suquamish, Washington |
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Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 89002299[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 12, 1990 |
The Old Man House was the largest winter
).Etymology and name
The Lushootseed name of the site upon which the house was located is dxʷsəq̓ʷəb, meaning "clear salt water," and is the origin of the name of the Suquamish people: dxʷsəq̓ʷəbš (which means "people of the clear salt water").[2][3][4]
The name "Old Man House" comes from the Chinook Jargon word "oleman" meaning "old, worn out," but also meaning "from the old times".[5] "House" in Chinook Jargon refers to any kind of building, or even to individual rooms within them.
History
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Archeological investigations have revealed that the village site was occupied for at least 2000 years.[6] Accounts vary as to when the longhouse itself was constructed; many sources indicate it was built in the late 18th or early 19th century, but it might have been built earlier. Reports of the longhouse's size also vary, putting its length between 600 and 1000 feet (approximately 200–300 m).
The lands around Old Man House were retained by the Suquamish tribe after the
See also
- Port Madison Indian Reservation
- Suquamish Museum and Cultural Center
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Bates, Dawn; Hess, Thom; Hilbert, Vi (1994). Lushootseed Dictionary. Seattle: Lushootseed Press.
- ^ Waterman, T.T. sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography. Lushootseed Press.
- ^ "Home of the Suquamish People". The Suquamish Tribe. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Shaw, George Coombs. The Chinook jargon and how to use it. Rainier Printing Company, inc., 1909. p. 18.
- ^ "Old Man House Park". The Seattle Times. December 21, 2006.
- ^ Long, Priscilla (December 17, 2004). "Washington State Parks Commission gives Old Man House State Park to the Suquamish Tribe on August 12, 2004". HistoryLink.org. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
References
- ISBN 0-385-01875-4
External links
Media related to Old-Man-House Site at Wikimedia Commons