Mr. Edgar L. Cowgill 1890’s
In Historic Fairhaven - Sycamore Square Building

 

Mr. Cowgill owned a quarter share of the building in 1889.
He and his partner Edward Wilson negotiated with Dirty Dan (the founder of Fairhaven)
and purchased the Fairhaven townsite. Aside from owning a quarter share of the building,
Cowgill managed both the laying out of the Fairhaven and Southern Railroad
and the development of the Fairhaven townsite.

He was a lumber dealer and had his office on the third floor.
His house was one of the firsts to be built in Fairhaven on the corner of 13^th
 and Harris (now a parking lot). His house was moved to make room for an opera house that ultimately never got built. Cowgill even ended up marrying Dirty Dan’s sister-in-law. He now has a street named after him in Fairhaven.

Courtesy of The Whatcom Museum Photo Archives