PUYALLUP

Puyallup -

Welcome to the City of Puyallup.

Puyallup - Meeker Mansion -

We are always excited to take a new guest on a tour of the mansion and explain our ongoing and upcoming events. So sit back and make yourself at home.... This house is a 17-room Italianate Victorian Mansion. Built for just two people - when the Meekers were about 60 years old, apparently after Mr. Meeker had taken his wife along on a hop-selling trip to England. She was presented to Queen Victoria and apparently became smitten with some of the finer things in life. Ezra was quite contented with his log-cabin life, but agreed that his wife could have such a house if she wanted - and could pay for it. The house was designed by Ferrell and Darmer, Architects, of Tacoma. It took three years to build and was finished by 1890. The Meekers lived here for almost 20 years, until Mrs. Meeker died in 1909. Mr. Meeker walked away from the house shortly afterwards. After the Meekers, the home was used as a hospital in 1910-11, then stood empty for several years. In 1915 it was sold to a Civil War Widows organization - The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic - for use as a retirement home. In 1948 the GAR sold the building to the first of a series of doctors who ran a nursing home on the premises until 1970, when the building, but not the land, was donated to the Meeker Historical Society, which immediately began restoration - a job which continues today. Check out the links on this web site.

Puyallup - Western Washington Fair -

Our mission is to respond to our communities needs by producing a dynamic Fair, in a year-round facility, that serves an ever-expanding circle of peoples. We will showcase excellence in the traditions of the Past, the products of the Present and the vision of the Future in the areas of Agriculture, Trade and Industry. We Value: Family, Fun, People, Learning, Entertainment, Safety, Responsiveness, Financial Strength, Cleanliness and Flexibility.