:Colvos Store
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Colvos Store
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| image = Colvos_Store.JPG
| caption = Colvos Store
| location= 123rd Ave. SW and Cove Rd., Vashon, Washington
| coordinates = {{coord|47|27|55|N|122|29|29|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Colvos Store|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Washington#USA
| built = {{Start date|1923}}
| architect = Trones, John; Parker, Gustav
| architecture = Early Commercial
| added = August 10, 2000
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 00000970{{NRISref|version=2013a}}
}}
The Colvos Store, also known as the Kress Store and Belcher Home, is a combination residence and commercial building in Vashon, Washington. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 2000.{{cite report|type=none|url={{NRHP url|id=00000970}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Colvos Store |publisher=National Park Service|author=Julie M. Koler|date=April 14, 2000|accessdate=March 27, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=00000970|photos=y|title=5 accompanying pictures}}
History
The Colvos Store was built in 1923 by John Trones, an immigrant from Norway, and Gustav Parker. The store area in the front measured about {{convert|30|ft}} by {{convert|30|ft}}, and a two-room apartment behind the store measured about {{convert|30|ft}} by {{convert|25|ft}}. A garage (since demolished) and addition to the rear apartment were added in the 1930s.
Trones, having bought out Parker's interest in the store, operated it himself for several years before selling it to the Tellvik family in 1927. Mr. Tellvik added the garage which operated in conjunction with a Shell Oil Company gas pump. The store passed to several families in the 1930s: from the Tellviks to the Townes to the Sextons. In 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kress bought and renamed the store "Kress Store", operating it until 1943 when war rationing and declining business led the Kresses to close the store.
After falling into disrepair, the building was rehabilitated as a residence and studio in 1985, restoring the facade to its original appearance.{{cite web |title=King County Landmarks: Colvos Store (1923), Colvos, Vashon Island |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2344 |website=History Link |accessdate=28 March 2019}} In 1994, it was discovered that the original 700 gallon gasoline storage tank was still underground; it was removed and remediation actions were taken to remove contaminants from the soil.{{cite web |title=Site Hazard Assessment |url=https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gsp/DocViewer.ashx?did=21783 |website=King County |accessdate=1 April 2019}}
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in King County, Washington