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Acheson Cabin

Acheson Cabin 
The Acheson cabin was built in 1908 by the Acheson family near what is now the Fox Point dock as a guest house for student visitors coming from Whitworth College in Tacoma where Dr. Acheson was a professor. One of the children, Lila Acheson, taught school here in 1910. She later married Dewitt Wallace and together they founded the ''Reader's Digest'' magazine.

The little log cabin later became the first home of the Brooks family who lived th ...More


 

 

 

 

 

 

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