Location

WHERE WAS THE STOCKADE?

The Stockade was located in the northwest corner of the King County Farm, commonly called “The Willows.” That would be just west of Willows Road and just south of NE 116th Street today. 

The approximately 70’ by 70’ building was a wood frame, portable, one-story structure. It was surrounded by a 14’ tall wood plank fence with wire at the top. The roughly square shape, approximately 195’ by 211’, contained about one acre.

Photos of the building, taken in 1916, show iron bars on most of the windows except in the northeast corner, by the front door. This may show the administrative office, but little is known about the interior layout.